A comprehensive plan for open space conservation in Douglas County could earn a final stamp of approval from county leaders this week.
At Wednesday’s Douglas County Commission meeting, commissioners will consider adopting the Open Space Plan, which is intended to provide guidance for preserving cultural sites and natural lands like grasslands, public parks, wetlands and trails.
The plan has officially been ...
The 28-ton red quartzite boulder sacred to the Kaw Nation that sat in Lawrence for nearly a century as a monument to white settlers has finally been installed at its new home in Council Grove.
On Tuesday, Jay Johnson — professor of geography and atmospheric science and director of the Center for Indigenous Research, Science and Technology at the University of Kansas — gave the Lawrence City Commission its ...
Lawrence leaders on Tuesday signed off on about $3 million in spending for the first of two planned phases to construct the city’s new field operations campus, and also expressed their support for an accelerated project timeline that would move its completion up by nine months.
At Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, commissioners voted unanimously to authorize City Manager Craig Owens to execute a $2,989,166 ...
This week, Lawrence leaders could sign off on a nearly $3 million agreement covering construction documents and administration costs for the first phase of the city’s multimillion dollar field operations campus project.
At Tuesday’s Lawrence City Commission meeting, commissioners will consider authorizing City Manager Craig Owens to execute a $2,989,166 supplement to the city’s engineering agreement with ...
At the Drop In and Rest Center for the homeless, clients currently have just 800 square feet of space available to do their laundry, take showers and access other needed resources, all within limited hours of operation on weekday afternoons.
The new leader at the agency commonly known as DARE — the rest and resource center at 944 Kentucky St. — is looking to change that. Work is underway that could result ...
About half of the 50 Pallet shelters at the Lawrence Community Shelter's village for people experiencing homelessness now have residents, and the shelter's leader is optimistic about how it's been going so far.
At Thursday’s LCS Board of Directors meeting, Executive Director James Chiselom told the group that there are currently 24 people living at The Village, the community of 64-square-foot cabins at 256 N. ...
