To give the City of Lawrence and Douglas County more time to figure out their next fire and medical services agreement, county commissioners on Wednesday approved an extension of the current agreement through the end of 2025.
The commission authorized County Administrator Sarah Plinsky to sign the extension of the county's joint agreement with the City of Lawrence that funds the Lawrence-Douglas County Fire ...
Douglas County commissioners at their weekly meeting will hear from open space leaders who want to not only tell but show area residents how easy it can be to put legal protections on land so that it won't be developed in the future.
On Wednesday, commissioners will hear about a partnership between Douglas County and the Kansas Land Trust. The partnership proposes to create in Douglas County two new ...
The League of Women Voters of Lawrence-Douglas County’s social media accounts have been suspended with election day less than two months away.
Sonja Czarnecki, president of League of Women Voters of Lawrence-Douglas County, told the Journal-World that the organization received notification from Facebook that the nonprofit’s page had been "suspended" for "violating community standards," particularly, ...
The Douglas County Courthouse is still in the midst of several renovations. The meeting chambers are anticipated to be completed by January — after a decision is made about how to handle a discovery found behind the dais backboard — but new masonry restoration work on the exterior of the building will begin in the coming weeks.
As the Journal-World reported, on Wednesday, Douglas County Commissioners signed ...
At a forum hosted by the NAACP and League of Women Voters, candidates for Douglas County Commission shared their views on public safety, climate change and which issues should be addressed in the county.
All 10 candidates for the County Commission’s four open seats were in attendance Sunday at the Lawrence Public Library except for a candidate from District 5, Kirsten Kuhn, a Libertarian.
The candidates ...
A year ago, at a pageant put on by the Lawrence school district's Native American Student Services, Dustin Stumblingbear watched a young woman stand up and talk about being disconnected from her culture and not knowing Native ways.
For Stumblingbear, a Lawrence school district alumnus and member of the Oklahoma Kiowa tribe, that was a call to action.
“That hit me, hit me in the heart,” Stumblingbear ...
