Additional works planned as part of the East Ninth Street art project include a community garden with native and wild plants, a dance performance about immigration and a family portrait series.
After reviewing 31 submissions, a panel of artists selected six additional works for the long-running East Ninth Street art project, the last of 15 temporary and permanent art installations that will make up the ...
The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Advisory Board expressed concern that a proposal to charge entrance fees at the city’s recreation centers would negatively affect low-income residents and agreed to further study equity issues.
At their meeting Monday, board members reviewed the Parks and Recreation Department’s 2020 budget proposal to charge entrance and other fees, as well as other expenditure cuts ...
Though visitors to the new Lawrence Humane Society will appreciate the shelter’s larger, brighter building, shelter leaders say it’s the animals that stand to benefit the most.
The new $7.5 million building is about 25% bigger than the old shelter, and provides about four-times the amount of space for medical care. Additional ventilation and isolation rooms also help stop diseases from spreading.
“One ...
The Lawrence City Commission will not meet on Tuesday as normally scheduled.
City spokesman Porter Arneill said the City Commission decided to cancel the June 11 meeting earlier in the year knowing that some city leaders would be part of a delegation traveling to Eutin, Germany, for the 30th anniversary of the Sister Cities relationship.
The City Commission's next meeting will be at 3 p.m. June 18 at City ...
Sarah Hill-Nelson stood alongside the Kansas River dam in Lawrence on Friday, raising her voice over the roar of the fast-rushing Kaw. For weeks, the turbines of the hydroelectric power plant her family runs have sat motionless.
“On a really good day we would see the flashboards, but there is way too much water right now,” Hill-Nelson said.
Because of the high volume of water, Hill-Nelson said the ...
Ahead of the redesign of East 23rd Street, local transportation planners are asking residents what changes and improvements they want to see for the roadway.
The Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Organization is working with a consultant to conduct a study and create a new transportation plan for East 23rd Street now that it is no longer a state highway. The study will inform the upcoming redesign ...
