Douglas County leaders on Wednesday accepted a grant from the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services that will account for more than $6.2 million of the county’s new behavioral health crisis center’s funding through 2024.
With the grant secured, the county now has all of the necessary pieces to fund the Treatment and Recovery Center of Douglas County, 1000 W. Second St. It’s been partially ...
Douglas County leaders this week will consider accepting the final piece of the funding agreement for the county’s new behavioral health crisis center — a $6.2 million grant from the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services.
The Douglas County Commission approved most of the agreements necessary for Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center to run the Treatment and Recovery Center of Douglas ...
For members of the group behind a successful crowdfunding campaign for a $50,000 vertical ramp dedicated to their late friend and fellow avid skateboarder, it’s still hard to believe that the work is complete.
But construction on the Corey Lawrence Memorial Vert Ramp at Centennial Skate Park wrapped up earlier this month, and skaters from near and far are now able to drop in on the roughly 11.5-foot-tall and ...
The first application submitted under the county’s new regulations for solar energy projects may be just one step away from winning final approval from the Douglas County Commission.
On Monday, the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission voted unanimously in favor of a conditional use permit application for the “Stull Solar Farm,” a small-scale solar project located on about 12.6 acres of a 117-acre ...
An influx of federal grant funding intended to address rural homelessness throughout the state was recognized Wednesday in Lawrence, but the city and Douglas County as a whole will stand to benefit more directly from a different resource besides money alone — housing vouchers.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that the Kansas Balance of State, the largest state entity addressing ...
LMH Health’s top financial executive is leaving her position at the hospital at the beginning of next month.
Deb Cartwright, LMH Health’s chief financial officer, recently announced her resignation effective May 1. Cartwright first joined the hospital in December 2019 and is now leaving to accept a position at Kaiser Permanente’s Maui Memorial Medical Center in Hawaii.
LMH has already identified an ...
