Following a vote of approval from the Douglas County Commission on Wednesday night, regulations for possible future solar farms in the county are now official.
As the Journal-World previously reported, those regulations set specific limits for elements like the maximum size of a solar farm — 1,000 acres — and how far they must be set back from roads, homes and other structures. With the commission’s ...
Recipients of the Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council’s Natural and Cultural Heritage Grant will soon be able to get to work on a number of projects, from prairie restoration efforts to hosting cultural celebrations in the community.
The Douglas County Commission officially approved the council’s list of nine grant recommendations at its April 20 meeting. But prior to that, the council had been ...
Barring any final changes, the Douglas County Commission this week will likely take the final step in adopting regulations for future solar farms.
The proposed solar standards are again on the agenda for Wednesday's commission meeting, just a few weeks removed from the last time Douglas County leaders discussed the topic. This time, a vote of approval would officially put those rules on the books almost exactly ...
Douglas County has added a coronavirus death that occurred earlier this year to its tally, and the county's virus transmission levels remain in the highest level of severity, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health’s latest update.
The health department’s latest data, released Tuesday afternoon, includes another death — a man between 55 and 64 years old. The health department said the death ...
Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health’s clinic at 200 Maine St. has reopened as planned, after closing temporarily due to positive coronavirus cases among clinic staff last week.
The clinic closed last Wednesday out of precaution, and to allow staff to recover and properly clean the space. Per a social media post from the health department Monday morning, that gave enough time to ensure the safety of clinic ...
A project to restore the Wakarusa riverbank is set to wrap up in the next few weeks.
Two of the final three volunteer work days for the Wakarusa Riverbank Restoration Project in Eudora will take place Tuesday, May 3, and Thursday, May 19, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. each day. The other work day, doubling as a project celebration, will take place in between from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 14. Activities will include ...
