A local nonprofit organization that supports Haskell Indian Nations University has laid off its two employees, and the executive director has announced his resignation.
The Haskell Foundation announced staff layoffs this week due to the current level of work available and financial difficulties related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The board has taken a series of cost reduction measures over the past 16 ...
As of 9 a.m. on Friday, 55,395 Douglas County residents had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE).
Last week, KDHE told the Journal-World that 56,658 Douglas County residents had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. When asked why the number decreased from last week to this week, KDHE spokesperson Kristi Zears said ...
People who received only one COVID-19 vaccine dose at a Douglas County mass vaccination clinic will be notified about when and where to make their second appointments, the health department said Thursday.
Wednesday was the county's final mass vaccination clinic, but vaccination efforts will continue on a smaller scale elsewhere in the community. George Diepenbrock, spokesperson for Lawrence-Douglas County ...
Story updated at 5:49 p.m. Wednesday:
Heavy rainfall swept over Lawrence on Tuesday afternoon between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m., causing pools of water on streets.
Brandon Drake, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Topeka, said around 3 p.m. that the heaviest rainfall of the day had likely passed, but that rain was expected to continue throughout the evening in scatters until around midnight.
The heavy ...
Douglas County hosted its last mass COVID-19 vaccination event on Wednesday after more than three months of clinics.
Since Jan. 29, Douglas County has held 26 mass vaccination clinics at the Douglas County Fairgrounds and administered around 55,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Prior to the start of the final event on Wednesday, county and city leaders addressed the crowd of volunteers to thank them for their ...
Activity has picked up on the University of Kansas campus in the spring semester compared to the fall, but there’s been no such boost when it comes to university employee numbers, the latest figures show.
KU payroll data acquired by the Journal-World shows that 8,519 employees on the Lawrence campus received paychecks from KU at the end of February. One year earlier, during the same pay period and just prior ...
