With $3 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds in tow, the Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority is aiming to add more affordable housing for one key demographic — senior citizens.
Douglas County leaders granted the LDCHA the third-largest single funding allocation of any external agency in July. That money and some of the agency’s own reserve funds combined will help to fund a $4 million, 32-unit ...
If you're having a behavioral health crisis in Douglas County and you call for help, you might be assisted not by police or emergency medical personnel, but by a new mobile team that's specially trained to de-escalate mental health emergencies.
Community leaders involved with Douglas County’s Criminal Justice Coordinating Council recently heard more about the new “mobile crisis response team,” which began ...
Just Food’s interim executive director is departing effective Oct. 7, the food bank announced Wednesday morning in a news release.
Brett Salsbury, who has served in the position since Just Food’s last executive director, Elizabeth Keever, left her role in May, will be returning to Las Vegas — Salsbury’s home prior to joining Just Food — to pursue other career opportunities. He’s been with the ...
Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health has announced more than a dozen clinics throughout the next month where the latest version of the coronavirus booster, which is more effective against omicron subvariants, will be available for anyone 12 and older.
The health department had recommended earlier this month that people with an existing booster appointment should hold off and reschedule when the new boosters ...
New District 3 Douglas County Commissioner Karen Willey was sworn into office ahead of the commission's meeting on Wednesday evening.
Willey officially joins the commission after being selected for the position in late August at a convention of Democratic Party precinct committee members who live in the 3rd Commission District. She's finishing out the remainder of former commissioner Shannon Portillo's term, ...
As of Tuesday, there’s just one item on the Douglas County Commission’s regular agenda for Wednesday: an executive session to consult with the Douglas County counselor regarding “matters that would be deemed privileged in the attorney-client relationship.”
This is the third time commissioners will meet in an executive session since their Aug. 17 meeting. Executive sessions are not open to the ...
