The image of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will become the new logo of King County, the Metropolitan King County Council unanimously decided on Monday. Although the civil-rights leader ...

In 1986, the County Council voted to designate Martin Luther King Jr. as the county's namesake, but that measure did not take legal effect until ratified by the Legislature in 2005. Feb 27, 2006 ...

This outreach resulted in the King County Council approving $1.6 million in ongoing funding to establish the Park Ranger Program, fund six permanent positions, and five additional seasonal positions.