Though he was born and raised in Lawrence, the new leader of local food bank Just Food hasn’t lived here in nearly two decades.
One might assume that means much has changed in the eyes of Brett Hartford, Just Food’s newest executive director. But for Hartford, who left Lawrence to attend college and has since lived on the East Coast, the return has felt more like a homecoming than anything.
“What I ...
The Douglas County Commission adopted a new five-member commission district map on Wednesday — after some on-the-fly adjustments — and voted to recommend that those new commissioners not be elected until the 2024 general election.
The commission voted unanimously to adopt the map, which needed to happen before Jan. 1, 2023, according to state statute. From here, the recommendation to wait until the general ...
The leader of Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center told board members Tuesday morning that conversations between Bert Nash and Douglas County regarding the county’s yet-to-open behavioral health crisis center are progressing.
The update from Bert Nash CEO Patrick Schmitz came a week after Behavioral Health Partners, the nonprofit formed to guide the Treatment and Recovery Center of Douglas County, ...
The Douglas County Clerk’s Office has created what could be the final version of a five-member Douglas County Commission map, and county leaders are set to discuss whether to adopt it this week.
The new map combines elements from multiple previous map options, specifically the “Spokes” and “Cities” maps introduced at the start of the process and “Map E,” another option submitted by Commissioner ...
A Douglas County company is seeking feedback to guide a feasibility study about establishing a local meat processing facility in the county.
Central Grazing Company, one of the recipients of Douglas County’s American Rescue Plan Act funds, is encouraging people to respond to a survey to that end, especially those who represent a grocer, restaurant, producer, hunter or food provider.
The Douglas County ...
The Kansas Housing Resources Corporation is encouraging homeowners who have experienced hardship during the coronavirus pandemic to apply while there are still funds left in the agency’s Kansas Homeowner Assistance Fund.
The temporary emergency program, which was established with American Rescue Plan Act funds, is intended to help qualifying Kansas homeowners catch up on mortgage payments and avoid ...
