Leaders with the City of Lawrence and Douglas County indicated Monday that they see a need to add at least one more Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical station soon — but for now, though, they still have questions about what the best route to making that happen would be.
The Lawrence City Commission and Douglas County Commission met in a joint session Monday evening, which was focused on a set of options ...
There’s a new resource at the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center, and its goal is to help make going to court a little less daunting.
That resource is the Douglas County District Court’s new Legal Self-Help Office, located just past the court security screening area upon entering the building at 111 E. 11th St. The office opened at the beginning of May and exists to help self-represented litigants — in ...
On Friday, Haskell Indian Nations University recognized 134 graduates at its spring commencement ceremony.
This year's graduates heard from commencement speaker Steven Paul Judd, a Kiowa-Choctaw artist, writer and filmmaker. Judd has a lengthy resume of creative pursuits, from collaborations with brands like Nike and Vans to showings with the Smithsonian.
Judd told graduates to embrace adversity, rather than ...
Leaders with the City of Lawrence and Douglas County are set to meet in a joint session next week to discuss the possible expansion of Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical, which could come with a more than $50 million price tag.
The Lawrence City Commission and Douglas County Commission will have the special meeting Monday evening. The two bodies typically have a joint meeting once per year; last year, the ...
A small group of Douglas County leaders and other community stakeholders gathered for a dinner in downtown Lawrence earlier this week, but they weren’t just there to eat — they were also giving feedback on the early stages of developing Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health’s next five-year Community Health Plan.
The health department hosted a “Dinner with Data” event Thursday, whose attendees ...
Despite some public pushback, permitting issues and a set of county regulations that its attorney says are too strict, a Florida-based company says it hopes to have its 3,000-acre solar project in Douglas and Johnson counties up and running by 2026.
That was the message at an informational meeting Tuesday night hosted by Florida-based NextEra Energy Resources, the company behind the proposed West Gardner Solar ...
