AOL’s <a href="http://www.patch.com" target="_blank">Patch</a> network of local news sites was operating in 14 Washington  State communities roughly along the I-5 corridor from Tacoma to Everett,  as of February 2011. Its first site was launched October 10, 2010, in  University Park. Its Seattle regional editor is Mike Lewis, formerly with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.