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Wetlands Protection and the Sensitive Area Ordinance (SAO)

Overview of the Sensitive Areas Ordinance in King County.

Re-presenting “Responding to AIDS: The Seattle-King County Department of Public Health 1982-1996”

In 2016, the King County Archives produced an oral history project and online exhibit documenting Seattle-King County Department of Public Health’s response to the HIV/AIDS…

50 Years of Home Rule Governance: The Archives Celebrates the King County Charter and the First Council

Fifty years ago today, the first King County Council and County Executive were sworn in under the Home Rule Charter. The current Council is celebrating…

We’re baaack: Bytes and Boxes’ zombie-like return

Followers may have noticed that Bytes and Boxes “went underground” over the past several months, as an unearthly volume of reference requests has consumed, and continues…

Meet the Archives

Those of us in the archives profession are often surprised (shocked!) to discover that there are people in the world who don’t know what an…

100 Years Ago in King County

World War I, Tilling the Soil, Criminal Justice, a Jewel Heist, and Lowering the Lake In this post we look back 100 years, through a small…