All eight of the rezoning requests for a sprawling development project located partially in the Wakarusa River floodplain along the South Lawrence Trafficway earned a stamp of approval from Lawrence city leaders Tuesday night — including six that needed a supermajority to advance.
At Tuesday’s Lawrence City Commission meeting, commissioners approved those six requests for the New Boston Crossing project all ...
Eight rezoning requests for a sprawling development project along the South Lawrence Trafficway are up for consideration at this week’s Lawrence City Commission meeting, but they'll need more affirmative votes than usual to earn approval.
On Tuesday, Lawrence leaders will consider the requests, which are all related to the New Boston Crossing project looking to add hundreds of homes and tens of thousands of ...
As industrial-scale renewable energy projects look to find some footing in Douglas County, much has been said of their potential risks and consequences — mainly by concerned members of the public.
There have been ample opportunities for them to express those concerns as bodies like the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission have worked to craft more stringent regulations for wind energy projects and ...
Cases of the highly contagious norovirus are spiking in Douglas County’s wastewater.
Dee Kinard, informatics manager with Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, spoke with the Journal-World Friday morning about the surge in cases and how community members can prevent spreading the virus.
This isn’t a new phenomenon for Douglas County or the rest of the country, though. Kinard told the Journal-World ...
Leaders with the National League of Cities on Thursday were in the city where their organization was founded to celebrate a century of connecting and providing services to municipal officials across the U.S.
As the Journal-World has reported, a delegation from the NLC is in Lawrence this week as part of a cross-country roadshow celebrating the organization’s centennial. Lawrence, the first stop on the tour, ...
As the Douglas County Commission prepares for a new look — an expansion to five members — its meeting room's appearance will be moving more than a century back in time, thanks to a $1.5 million renovation project that took a step forward on Wednesday.
The commission, at its regular meeting, unanimously authorized County Administrator Sarah Plinsky to enter into a $1,449,000 construction contract with B.A. ...
