The Douglas County Commission on Wednesday will consider authorizing new zoning regulations, which the county staff has been pursuing in light of increased residential development in rural areas.
But the commission will also consider extending its postponement on processing applications to subdivide land in those areas of the county for another month — until March 22.
In August, the County Commission ...
Douglas County has filed plans to demolish an unoccupied building on the southern edge of downtown.
The City of Lawrence’s Historic Resources Commission will consider authorizing a certificate of appropriateness for the county to demolish the structure located at 1242 Massachusetts St. during its meeting on Thursday.
The commission will consider the plans for the site because it is near Lawrence’s South ...
A feel-good comedy musical will be making its world premiere in a Lawrence middle school this week.
West Middle School will be the first school in the world to perform a junior version of the musical adaptation of “Sister Act,” according to Music Theatre International, the company which licensed the musical to the school.
Music Theatre International’s website shows the Lawrence school’s production, ...
Local health officials helping Douglas County design a behavioral health crisis center are honing in on how it will look and operate.
However, they noted there are still key decisions they will need to sort out, such as the facility’s staffing.
A group of health professionals on Wednesday presented an updated design of the planned 20,000-square-foot facility — which is expected to be operational before the ...
With the temperatures falling close to zero degrees this week, Douglas County’s Public Works Department added a special ingredient to its winter road treatment mixture.
On Wednesday, public works crews for the first time put beet juice into the usual mixture of salt, sand and brine to help prevent ice from building up on county roads.
Beet juice may seem like a curious additive for such treatment, but ...
The Douglas County Commission on Wednesday added an extra condition before allowing a rural landowner to continue storing trucks on his property for his lawn care business.
Dallien Holtkamp will need to provide a portable restroom on the site for the employees of the business, the commissioners said.
“I do wonder for that employee who might have an urgent need,” said Commissioner Nancy Thellman. “It’s ...
