City leaders have approved sales and property tax breaks for a building renovation that will allow for the expansion of a nonprofit health care provider.
At its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to approve an incentives request from Alcove Development/T&M Properties LLC to redevelop the property at 1312 W. Sixth St. into the new location of Heartland Community Health Center. ...
City leaders will soon consider approving a permit that will allow for the city to replace a water tower in a city park, a project that some neighbors oppose.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider approving a special use permit for an approximately $3.8 million project to demolish the existing Stratford water tower and construct a new tower. The water tower is in Water ...
Over the past 20 years, City Commissioner Brad Finkeldei has played big roles in plenty of local organizations: social service nonprofits, the chamber of commerce, the planning commission and more. And this week, if tradition holds, he'll add a new role to that list: mayor of Lawrence.
Because Finkeldei was the top vote winner in the most recent City Commission election and is the current vice mayor, it is ...
A study that tests for parts of the coronavirus in sewage has helped give public health workers advance notice of virus surges, and officials say this kind of testing could eventually help them direct resources to the places that need them the most.
As part of a study contracted through the University of Kansas School of Engineering, the City of Lawrence has been taking weekly sewage samples at both of its ...
A holiday gift that isn’t coal is always welcome, and for the Good family, giving one that replaces coal is even better.
Local solar energy company Good Energy Solutions, 641 E. 22nd St., plans to again give a local nonprofit organization a free solar energy system during the holiday season. Shana Good, who runs the company with her husband, Kevin, said the giveaway is their way to make a difference, ...
Five years after the invasive emerald ash borer was detected in Douglas County, the spread of the destructive insect appears to be approaching its peak — it's led to the removal of close to 150 ash trees so far this year and around 800 since it first arrived.
The insect, a type of beetle originally from Asia, was first detected in Douglas County in September 2015. City of Lawrence Horticulture and Forestry ...
