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Haskell Indian Nations University has received the largest National Science Foundation award ever granted to a tribal college or university, a $20 million award to fund an Indigenous science hub project.
The five-year award is funded under the American Rescue Plan Act and was announced Wednesday by Bryan Newland, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s assistant secretary ...
With the help of more than $700,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funding, Douglas County’s six historical societies are hoping to make their sites around the county more accessible for visitors.
The team of six historical societies — the Clinton Lake, Douglas County, Eudora Area, Lecompton and Santa Fe Trail historical societies and the Black Jack Battlefield Trust — submitted a joint funding request ...
Despite turnout far heavier than even many general elections, Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew said voting went smoothly during the Tuesday, Aug. 2 primary.
Not long after the polls closed Tuesday night, Shew said he estimated turnout may well have reached around 40,000 ballots cast, roughly half of the county’s 81,117 registered voters. Nearly half of them were advance ballots cast in-person or mailed ahead ...
Incumbent District 1 Douglas County Commissioner Patrick Kelly emerged victorious in Tuesday’s Democratic primary election, posting a solid lead over challenger Dustin Stumblingbear and earning a spot on the Nov. 8 general election ballot.
According to the election results posted to the Douglas County elections office's live tracker as of around 10:15 p.m. Tuesday, Kelly led Stumblingbear with 71.17% of the ...
Gov. Laura Kelly appeared at Just Food in Lawrence Monday afternoon and announced a new partnership between the state of Kansas, the Kansas Department of Agriculture, and the United States Department of Agriculture aimed at helping Kansans struggling with food insecurity.
Funds from the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program — $2.5 million from the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service ...
At the Boys & Girls Club's upcoming Celebrity Softball Weekend, you can expect to see all kinds of local faces on the rosters — a state legislator, the Douglas County sheriff, some former KU basketball and football stars and a drag performer who previously won the title of Miss Gay Kansas.
It's a fitting way to raise money for an organization based around serving all kinds of kids, said Alissa Bourneuf, ...
