It is simply horrible what you have to go through in order to Even Identify the state that this story took place. I remember when location was one of the most important details in a story. And I am not talking about naming some county where probably many counties with such a name exist across the country. Simply horrible journalism. The TV website is no great help either.
Considering this is a story by a Seattle TV station about a large high school in Seattle, I doubt they thought they needed to go to lengths to identify where Ballard is. Ballard is a community in Seattle that is where the Alaska fishing boats dock (Deadliest Catch), and used to be home to a large Scandanavian community.