Douglas County residents soon may be asked to pay a new property tax to support a Lawrence-based technical school. Kevin Kelley, CEO of the Dwayne Peaslee Technical Training Center, told the Journal-World on Friday that the school wants to receive permission from the Kansas Legislature to ask Douglas County voters to approve a new taxing district that would allow the school to begin collecting property taxes ...
The Lawrence school board on Thursday formally adopted criteria for guidance on how to conduct school amid the coronavirus pandemic, adding more criteria to consider than local health officials have previously. The board’s criteria is based on the Kansas State Department of Education’s guidance and includes reviewing incidence rates for COVID-19 within the community and the local hospital capacity for ...
To make sure outstanding federal pandemic relief money is spent before an end-of-the-year deadline, the Douglas County Commission on Wednesday reallocated about $650,000 unspent funds in its CARES Act spending plan. And county staff believes there will be more funds to reallocate in about a week. During its meeting on Wednesday, the County Commission authorized reallocating the unspent funds from its $24.9 ...
Douglas County may soon approve a backup plan to spend outstanding federal pandemic relief money before the end-of-year deadline. During its meeting on Wednesday, the County Commission will consider giving County Administrator Sarah Plinsky the authority to execute a contingency plan for the unspent funds from the county’s $24.9 million Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act allocation. The ...
The dream of Douglas County and local health professionals to construct and operate a behavioral health recovery campus is nearing fruition. Two of the three facilities for the planned Treatment and Recovery Campus of Douglas County, at 1000 W. Second St., recently wrapped up construction. When all three are completed, the campus will be a vital part of what county and health officials have referred to as the ...
It may have taken longer than hoped, but a plan to provide accessible views of rural Douglas County is coming to fruition. After months of designing and building, students of Dirt Works Studio, a University of Kansas School of Architecture and Design studio, are in the middle of constructing a new platform for Wells Overlook Park that will be compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. While the ...