An upcoming City of Lawrence project aims to improve access to the Kansas River near downtown Lawrence, offering gathering areas, a boat ramp and fishing spots.
The city’s capital improvement plan for this year includes $750,000 toward the project, and the city expects to receive an additional $200,000 in grant money. The project, the Kansas River Amenities Recreation Trail, will construct a recreational ...
Lawrence Transit is moving forward with its effort to transition the city’s fleet of diesel buses to cleaner, quieter electric buses.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission is considering an agreement as part of its consent agenda for the second phase of the city’s process to transition to zero-emission electric buses. Meanwhile, work continues on the first phase of the process, which ...
Lawrence resident and former City Commission candidate Dustin Stumblingbear has filed to run for a seat on the Douglas County Commission.
Stumblingbear filed as a Democratic candidate for County Commission District No. 1 this week. Commissioner Patrick Kelly currently holds that seat, and his four-year term expires in January 2023. Stumblingbear is the first candidate to file to run for the seat. Stumblingbear ...
Those who want to see what this year’s Sundance Film Festival has to offer need look no further than downtown Lawrence.
Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St., was selected as one of seven independently owned art house cinemas across the U.S. to be a satellite screening partner for the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, according the festival’s website. Each of the selected cinemas will introduce a curated ...
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The City of Lawrence plans to reopen its parks and recreation centers for some drop-in exercise after suspending those activities for about two weeks.
Beginning on Jan. 3, the city suspended general exercise and free-play hours at its four recreation facilities across the city as result of rising COVID cases in the community. Tournaments and scheduled programs and classes were allowed ...
As COVID-19 cases surge, Douglas County leaders have extended the public health order that requires face coverings for those ages 2 and older inside public spaces.
The Douglas County Commission voted unanimously as part of its meeting Wednesday to extend the health order through Feb. 9. The health order was implemented last week amid record-high numbers of new COVID-19 cases, and as cases continue their steep ...
