When somebody tells me their product is the greatest thing since sliced bread, I usually say: “Challenge accepted. Bring me a loaf of fresh bread and four pounds of butter.” But what do you do to improve upon sliced bread? A longtime downtown bread shop thinks it knows: Get a bigger space and start using fresh bread to make some sandwiches, among other improvements. Great Harvest Bread Company has moved ...
Douglas County health leaders expect to provide COVID vaccines to 2,000 people in five hours today, the largest vaccination effort yet in the county, and a bigger 5,000-person event is on the horizon. Members of the LMH Health board of trustees were told Wednesday that today’s vaccination event at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds marks a new milestone for vaccination efforts in the county. LMH Health is ...
The finances at LMH Health have improved, and now so too will the compensation package for its chief executive officer. The board of trustees for the nonprofit hospital and health system on Wednesday approved a 30% increase in compensation for LMH Health President and CEO Russ Johnson, as the hospital posted a modest profit for 2020, but saw finances bounce back significantly from a major 2019 downturn. The ...
Story updated at 6:31 p.m. Tuesday It was more of a stalled blackout than a rolling blackout at the home of west Lawrence resident Roger Powell on Tuesday. Powell was one of about 270,000 customers in Kansas and western Missouri who were subjected to temporary electrical power outages — rolling blackouts — that were designed to alleviate pressure on the region's power grid. The power grid is under strain ...
While we are dealing with a multitude of problems related to living in a deep freeze, Douglas County homeowners soon may get a reminder that living in an oven can be challenging too. Indeed, Lawrence’s housing market is a bit like a rapidly heating oven, and property owners later this month will be getting a letter from the county appraiser’s office reminding them of the costs that come with it. In short, ...
Residents across Lawrence — and the state — had their electricity temporarily shut off Monday afternoon, as frigid temperatures throughout the central U.S. caused utilities to use rolling blackouts to ease strain on the region’s power grid. Evergy — the predominant electric provider in Lawrence and the state’s largest utility — said it had shut off power to about 60,000 customers for 30 to 60 ...