Mike Belt
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- Bridge to close for painting
- May 11, 2008
- The Kansas River bridge at Lecompton will be shut down to one lane starting Monday so it can be painted.
- County wants public to weigh in on tornado siren activation policy
- May 8, 2008
- Douglas County commissioners want the public to have a chance to speak out on the county’s tornado siren activation policy.
- Mock emergency tests medical response
- May 8, 2008
- “There has been a possible intentional anthrax release in Douglas County.” That was the handwritten message on a sign greeting people on Wednesday when they entered Building 21 at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds, 2110 Harper St.
- County begins food inspections for state
- Change in duties part of local goal to diversify services
- May 6, 2008
- The Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department is now conducting food service inspections for the state.
- County ordered to allow cell tower
- May 6, 2008
- A federal judge recently ordered Douglas County to allow Verizon Wireless to install a cellular communications tower.
- John Brown’s kin visits Kansas
- May 3, 2008
- Alice Keesey Mecoy was 16 when a historian told her she was a descendant of radical abolitionist John Brown. She reacted the same way many people do.
- ‘B’ is for ‘Breathe’: Report measures ozone
- May 2, 2008
- Douglas Countians are breathing good air, according to a report released Thursday by the American Lung Association.
- County recycling program begins, will expand
- May 2, 2008
- Properly recycling trash is almost a science, and Douglas County employees are finding that out.
- United Way board lifts blackout rule
- May 2, 2008
- When United Way of Douglas County launches its annual fall fundraising campaign this year, there will be one major change.
- Baker recycling program a success
- May 2, 2008
- When it comes to improving the environment by recycling, Baker University is ahead of many public and private agencies and institutions.
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