The Lawrence Public Library is partnering with Haskell Indian Nations University and the Raven Book Store to celebrate the Wakarusa Wetlands this weekend.
On Sunday morning, local authors and artists will share their creative work and their connections to the wetlands. As part of the event, Daniel Wildcat, a member of the Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma and a longtime Haskell faculty member, will lead a special ...
The nearly $24 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding that Douglas County was awarded last year is now allocated in full, following final approval from Douglas County leaders on Wednesday night.
Douglas County was granted $23,747,378 in federal coronavirus pandemic aid, some of which had previously been earmarked for emergency uses and other expenditures during the height of the pandemic. Now, every dollar ...
After weeks of deliberation, Douglas County leaders this week will take the final step in awarding the county’s remaining American Rescue Plan Act funding.
The Douglas County Commission since its June 15 meeting has been discussing which of nearly 100 requests for ARPA aid should be funded. The result of those efforts is a pared-down list of 14 requests from agencies such as nonprofits and 25 requests from ...
At the Douglas County Commission's first day of budget hearings on Tuesday, fire and medical officials asked for nearly $1 million in extra funding, some of which is intended to help relieve some of the pressure as calls for emergency services continue to rise.
Tuesday's session was the first of three days of hearings scheduled for this week, and it's just the beginning of the County Commission’s process for ...
In 2018, a small group of business owners along Eudora’s Main Street started maintaining a nearby unused plot of land, turning it into a space for small-scale gardening.
About four years later, that small effort has blossomed into a full-scale nonprofit called the Eudora Giving Garden. It has now turned into a community garden and relocated to an entire acre of land, which it uses to provide food donations ...
The Douglas County Commission will begin reviewing the county’s proposed 2023 budget this week and, for now, county staff hasn’t recommended any change in the property tax rate from last year despite home values seeing their biggest jump in decades.
A significant portion of the proposed $166.3 million budget — $129,446,768 — comes from mill levied funds or, in layman’s terms, funds generated via ...
