The deadline for Douglas County agencies to apply for American Rescue Plan Act funds is approaching, but the county says it’s still too early to tell just how many requests there might ultimately be.
Since March 17, the county has been accepting grant applications for the approximately $21 million in coronavirus relief funding it has left to allocate. That application window is now in its final days. The ...
Visitors at Haskell Indian Nations University on Saturday morning might have come across a group working diligently to plant a garden — specifically, one meant to attract monarch butterflies.
About 20 people were lending a hand with the effort Saturday morning. Dori Summers, a Haskell senior from St. Marys studying environmental science, led the project. It was a good turnout, Summers said. Thanks to that, ...
About five years ago, Jasmine Hyde moved from Alabama, where she was born and raised, to Lawrence.
The way Hyde tells it, she wasn’t expecting that she’d have opened a new storefront in downtown Lawrence five years later — Lawrence Eco-friendly Sustainability Shop, or “L.E.S.S.” for short.
The story of L.E.S.S. — where the main products on offer are nontoxic, natural and organic household and ...
The LMH Health Foundation on Wednesday announced that four community members have been selected to receive the foundation’s Elizabeth Watkins Community Caring Award, which celebrates people and organizations who have provided significant service to LMH Health and community health care.
The honorees include Shirley Anderson, a longtime LMH Health volunteer who has served on the volunteer board and in various ...
Though Douglas County returned to the most severe level of COVID-19 transmission this week, the county’s top public health official said it’s unlikely it will lead to a community mask mandate like earlier this year.
The Journal-World asked county health officer Jennifer Schrimsher whether public health officials were considering a mask mandate in the near future, and on Friday, Schrimsher said the answer to ...
In partnership with the University of Kansas and Haskell Indian Nations University, the Indigenous Community Center will be hosting a variety of events honoring missing and murdered Indigenous women during the next week.
The events — collectively called “Actions for Justice” — will kick off Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. at Broken Arrow Park with speakers, performers, raffles, and food and art vendors. ...
