When the man giving Susan Orlean a tour of the Los Angeles Public Library pulled a book from the shelf, inhaled deeply from its pages and told her that you could still smell the smoke in some of them, she asked uncertainly if it was from previously allowing people to smoke in the building.
Orlean had not heard of the fire that took place there in 1986 — the most catastrophic library fire in U.S. history — ...
County leaders will soon consider approving regulations that would prohibit new neighborhoods in rural areas near the City of Lawrence unless that land is ready to be added to the city.
As part of its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission will consider an amendment to subdivision regulations for Lawrence and the unincorporated areas of Douglas County. The proposed changes represent a turnaround from ...
Eric Schindling said it was almost like a country-western song: His dog died, a storm blew a tree limb onto his car, and then on a sunny day in July 2020, a driver hit him while he was in the middle of a crosswalk. The medical and other bills piled up.
And then the eviction notice came.
“I was middle-class all my life in sales, retail,” Schindling said. “And then all of a sudden this happened, and it ...
City Manager Craig Owens says the City of Lawrence is feeling the effects of the nation’s tight labor market, and that it has more than double its usual number of job openings.
Owens said the city currently has about 800 full-time employees and more than 60 openings, which he said is more than twice the number of openings the city usually has. He said a lot of the openings are with key critical services, ...
Some visible shifting issues and other wear is evident at Douglas County's historic limestone courthouse, and county leaders said they think it’s time to move forward on delayed plans for masonry work.
In a discussion of the county’s long-term plans for all its facilities that took place at the County Commission’s study session Wednesday, County Administrator Sarah Plinsky told commissioners that masonry ...
Again facing insults and accusations of abusing children, Douglas County leaders voted to extend a health order that requires children who are not yet eligible for vaccination to wear a mask indoors.
As part of its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission voted unanimously to extend the current health order that requires children ages 2 to 12 to wear masks while in indoor public spaces, with some ...
