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Ballard Care and Rehabilitation, a 142-bed licensed nursing center, will open its new post-surgery Rehab Recover Suites at an open house Jan. 28.

The community is invited to the event from 3 to 6 p.m. at 820 N.W.

Field trips for middle school students are not uncommon, but in June a group of Pathfinder students will participate in a school trip that could greatly alter each child's world view.

The 25 Pathfinder students in grades six through eight…MORE

The 2009 Des Moines budget, which included major cuts and increased taxes to fill a $2.7 million shortfall, was barely passed by the Des Moines City Council on Dec. 22.

After a lengthy discussion, Mayor Pro-tem Dan Sherman as well…MORE

Ballard

Bad Albert's Tap and Grill

5100 Ballard Ave. N.W.

782-9623

Happy Hour: 3 to 6 p.m. daily, $1 off appetizers, beers and well drinks on special.

www.badalberts.com

Thursdays, 8 to 10:30 p.m. No…MORE

Alula Asfaw, a 2003 Highline High School graduate, will be the featured speaker at Harborview Medical Center's Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance on Jan. 9.

The celebration is from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the medical center's cafeteria, 325…MORE

Armed with little more than shovels and imagination (along with a little free time), these twenty-somethings from Federal Way took advatage of the city's ample snowfall to construct a massive 9-foot by 8-foot igloo. The group packed snow into an…MORE

Mayor Greg Nickels announced today that additional private contractors will be hired to speed clean-up of city streets sanded during the winter storm.

Burien Councilwoman Sally Nelson has been appointed to chair the 2009 Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Advocacy Committee of the National League of Cities (NLC).

NLC President Kathleen M. Novak, mayor of Northglenn, Colo,…MORE

Federal Way Cub Scout Pack 307 wrapped up an evening of caroling at Southridge House with a visit from Santa.

Santa made a special stop to deliver gift-wrapped Pinewood Derby car kits.

The pack will hold qualifying races in March;…MORE

Electricity is in the air at St. Alphonsus School in Ballard thanks to its new science lab.

The school received a $127,000 grant from the E. L. Wieglund Foundation in Reno, and an additional $35,000 raised at its Fund-A-Dream auction, to…MORE