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. ...
While a lot has changed in the past 100 years, in some ways the issues cities were navigating then aren’t all that different than the issues of today.
That much is true to Clarence Anthony, the CEO and executive director of the National League of Cities. For Anthony, the similarities between now and a century ago really hit home when he reads the minutes of his organization’s very first meeting in 1924. ...
The smaller of Lawrence’s two Walmart locations could take a step toward expanding next week.
At Monday’s Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission meeting, commissioners will consider approving a request to rezone approximately 13.126 acres at 550 Congressional Drive from a “Planned Commercial Development District” to a “Community Commercial District.” That’s the location of the west Lawrence ...
