I’m rusty at a few things, but eating tacos is certainly not one of them. (Despite watching about three hours of instruction on the Olympic channel this weekend, my sand volleyball skills are pretty rusty, as my game never progressed beyond the dragging-the-cooler-to-the-beach stage.) Regardless, there is a new Mexican restaurant chain called Rusty Taco that is moving to downtown Lawrence. The Dallas-based ...
Updated at 7:41 p.m. Monday Douglas County Commissioner Shannon Portillo has been named a finalist for a college dean position in Minnesota. Portillo is one of three finalists vying to become dean of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Portillo, who was first elected to the Douglas County Commission in November, would have to vacate her position on the commission if she ...
If you are cruising around Lawrence and see someone wearing running spikes and toting about $15,000 in cash, the scene probably isn’t Olympic related. Instead, it might be someone simply trying to buy a house in town. The latest home sale numbers show you had better be fast and have some extra money to sweeten your offer. “Each month, it seems like I report the same thing about the Lawrence real estate ...
When in-person classes resume next month at Haskell Indian Nations University, enrollment is expected to be low, and a new pandemic-related policy may significantly boost the cost of housing for some students. “I think it will be half of what we normally have,” Jean Finch, director of the Haskell Catholic Campus Center, said of Haskell enrollment numbers for the fall semester. “If we have 500 students ...
A leader of Haskell Indian Nations University is optimistic a behind-the-scenes change in the structure of the university’s president position will attract a broader pool of talented applicants for the open job. Brandon Yellowbird-Stevens, president of the Haskell National Board of Regents, confirmed that federal officials have reclassified the Haskell president’s position to a pay grade that will make it ...
As Lawrence real estate agents continue to tell stories of how tight the local housing market is, local developers are getting more aggressive in their efforts to convert land into new neighborhoods. The latest gambit: Take land that is zoned for a big-box retail center and turn it into a single-family housing development. A new plan filed at Lawrence City Hall is particularly interesting because it calls ...