As cases in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic surge, businesses are anxiously approaching what is traditionally the most robust shopping season of the year.
For many Lawrence businesses, shoppers buying gifts from their stores during the holiday season can determine whether a business will continue into the following year.
That’s the case for Lucky Dog Pet Grocery and Bakery, 933 Massachusetts St., which has ...
Story updated at 11:19 a.m. Wednesday
The Lawrence school board has voted to not adopt the local health department’s school coronavirus guidance, and it intends to create its own version with more criteria to consider.
On Monday, the board voted 4-3 against adopting Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health’s school virus guidance, which would have given Superintendent Anthony Lewis the authority to close ...
Some students and staff of the Lawrence school district will soon be tested for the coronavirus while at school.
The Lawrence school district’s COVID-19 task force explained to the school board Monday a new initiative to provide a testing program for students and staff that will begin next week. The program is meant to first get a baseline for the prevalence of COVID-19 cases in the school district and then ...
The Lawrence school board will soon review recently solicited community thoughts about how the district is conducting school amid the coronavirus pandemic.
During its meeting on Monday, the school board will hear an update from district administration about how the district has been operating as the coronavirus pandemic continues into the fall semester. According to a memo to the board members, the report will ...
Douglas County schools will be able to continue using forms of in-person learning for at least another week as the average number of new COVID-19 cases began to drop this week.
Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health announced Thursday that its guidance to schools would remain in the orange tier for a second straight week. The guidance recommends county schools continue using hybrid in-person learning methods and ...
Douglas County’s annual costs to pay off 20 years of debt for behavioral health construction projects will be lower than originally expected.
The County Commission on Wednesday approved the sale of general obligation bonds to fund construction projects for its behavioral health campus, which included a 20-year debt service with a 1.27% interest rate.
Compared to the county's original estimation, the low ...
