The Douglas County Commission at its meeting on Wednesday unanimously approved implementing a civilian-based coroner scene investigation unit to be managed by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
That unit, also known as CSI, will assist with scene investigations involving unattended deaths, which include homicides, suicides, accidental and unexpected deaths, among others. Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical ...
The LMH Health Board of Trustees approved a $55,000 raise for CEO Russ Johnson following an executive session Wednesday morning.
Johnson’s base salary for 2022 will be $550,000, a market-rate adjustment of 11.16%. His salary before that increase was $494,769.60.
A community update from LMH Health following that meeting indicated that Johnson’s base salary hadn’t had a market adjustment since he started ...
Douglas County saw 123 new COVID-19 cases from Monday to Wednesday, but the total number of active cases of the virus in the county is falling, according to the latest statistics from Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health.
The county reported 2,323 active cases of COVID-19 on Monday, but that number had fallen to 1,958 on Wednesday. As recently as last week, the number of active cases in Douglas County was more ...
Douglas County won't be able to satisfy every agency requesting American Rescue Plan Act funds, but it might be able to point some of them toward other sources of federal funding, county leaders said on Wednesday.
Leaders also said they would be less interested in giving more pandemic aid to entities that had already received funding earlier in the pandemic — including schools and municipal governments.
As ...
After a letter of interest submission process where more than 100 agencies in Douglas County requested American Rescue Plan Act funding, project totals up for review add up to nearly four times the amount the county still has available to distribute.
The Douglas County Commission is set to discuss those letters of interest Wednesday during a work session prior to the commission's regular meeting. A document ...
About a month into the spring 2022 semester, students at Haskell Indian Nations University are voicing concerns over some campus buildings remaining closed.
The university’s Student Government Association sent a letter to Haskell’s administration earlier this month asking it to consider reopening four campus buildings: Tommaney Hall, which houses the campus library; Tecumseh Hall, which is the main student ...
