An unexpected repair to the Bowersock Dam is likely to produce a noticeable drop in water levels along a key stretch of the Kansas River near downtown Lawrence.
Sarah Hill-Nelson, an owner of the Bowersock Mills & Power Company, said an inflatable bladder on the dam has unexpectedly failed and needs some urgent repairs. The bladder is used to control the height of the dam, which allows operators of the dam ...
There won’t be an ambulance filled with $2.6 million traveling from the Douglas County Courthouse on the south end of Massachusetts Street to City Hall on the north end.
But it is a fitting picture nonetheless for a proposed property tax rate increase that Douglas County commissioners are being asked to approve as part of the 2022 budget.
County Administrator Sarah Plinsky on Thursday unveiled a ...
Perhaps you plan to embark on an ancient activity that we once thought was relegated to drawings on the walls of caves: a summer vacation. If so, know that the DNA of children has not changed since your last one. They still will ask the time-immortal question: How much longer?
It is a fair question to ask in Lawrence about another arduous journey — the community’s trek to regain all the jobs it lost during ...
The Lawrence Public Library last week moved to a new phase of its reopening — including dropping its mask requirement — but it also is considering a permanent reduction in hours that would continue after the pandemic is over.
The library moved into its blue phase on June 1, which eliminated restrictions on how long people could stay in the library at a given time, added more seating areas, and moved the ...
There’s a good chance the most popular Halloween costume in Lawrence this year will be a bicyclist. (Mine will be fully accurate, complete with defibrillator attached to my chest.) I say that because planning is well underway to host a bike race that is expected to attract more than 1,000 riders to Lawrence this Halloween.
“That probably would be the biggest bike event to ever happen in Douglas County,” ...
An odd tax story is taking shape in Douglas County this year, and the Lawrence Public Library is one of the first organizations to get a reading on it.
The oddity: Home prices are soaring in Lawrence as the city suffers a shortage of available homes. Normally those rising home prices would mean the county’s overall tax base would take a significant jump too, which normally leads to local governments getting ...
