The idea of Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday was promoted by labor unions in contract negotiations. After King's death, U.S. Representative John Conyers (a Democrat from Michigan) and U.S. Senator Edward Brooke (a Republican from Massachusetts) introduced a bill in Congress to make King's birthday a national holiday.The bill first came to a vote in the U.S. …

Skagit County / ˈ s k æ dʒ ɪ t / is a county in the U.S. state of Washington.As of the 2020 census, the population was 129,523. The county seat and largest city is Mount Vernon. The county was formed in 1883 from Whatcom County and is named for the Skagit Indian tribe, which has been indigenous to the area prior to European-American settlement.. Skagit County …

King Street Station is a train station in Seattle, Washington, United States.It is served by Amtrak's Cascades, Coast Starlight, and Empire Builder, as well as Sounder commuter trains run by Sound Transit.The station also anchors a major transit hub, which includes Link light rail at International District/Chinatown station and Seattle Streetcar service.

Rockbridge County is a county in the Shenandoah Valley on the western edge of the Commonwealth of Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,650. Its county seat is the city of Lexington. Rockbridge County completely surrounds the independent cities of Buena Vista and Lexington. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the independent cities of …

The Washington Court of Appeals is the intermediate level appellate court for the state of Washington. The court is divided into three divisions. ... though the largest by population. It stretches from the White River (to the extent it serves at part of King county's southern boundary) in the south to the Canada–US border in the north, and ...

Yavapai County was one of the four original Arizona counties created by the 1st Arizona Territorial Legislature.The county territory was defined as being east of longitude 113° 20' and north of the Gila River. Soon thereafter, the counties of Apache, Coconino, Maricopa, and Navajo were carved from the original Yavapai County. Yavapai County's present boundaries were …

Rappahannock County is a county located in the northern Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, US, adjacent to Shenandoah National Park.As of the 2020 Census, the population was 7,348. Its county seat is Washington.The name "Rappahannock" comes from the Algonquian word lappihanne (also noted as toppehannock), meaning "river of quick, …

Santa Rosa County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Florida.As of 2020, the population is 188,000. The county seat is Milton, which lies in the geographic center of the county.Other major communities within Santa Rosa County are Navarre, Pace, and Gulf Breeze. Navarre is the most populated community with a population of approximately 45,000 …

History. Dixie County was created in 1921 from the southern portion of Lafayette County and named for "Dixie", the common nickname for the southern United States.. Geography. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 864 square miles (2,240 km 2), of which 705 square miles (1,830 km 2) is land and 159 square miles (410 km 2) (18.4%) is water.

Brunswick County is a United States county located on the southern border of the Commonwealth of Virginia.This rural county is known as one of the claimants to be the namesake of Brunswick stew.Brunswick County was created in 1720 from parts of Prince George, Surry and Isle of Wight counties. The county was named for the former Duchy of …

Adams County. Othello High School, Othello; Lind-Ritzville High School, Ritzville; Washtucna High School, Washtucna Asotin County. Asotin Junior Senior High School, Asotin; Clarkston High School, Clarkston; Benton County. Benton/Franklin Juvenile Justice Center, Kennewick Hanford High School, Richland; Kamiakin High School, Kennewick; Kennewick High School, Kennewick ...

Woodinville is a city in King County, Washington, United States.It is a part of the Seattle metropolitan area.There is also a much larger population with Woodinville mailing addresses in adjacent unincorporated areas of King (Cottage Lake) and Snohomish counties.Woodinville has waterfront parks on the Sammamish River, sweeping winery and brewery grounds, and …

State Route 520 (SR 520) is a state highway and freeway in the Seattle metropolitan area, part of the U.S. state of Washington.It runs 13 miles (21 km) from Seattle in the west to Redmond in the east. The freeway connects Seattle to the Eastside region of King County via the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge on Lake Washington.SR 520 intersects several state highways, …