After receiving enough signatures from members of the community to get on the November ballot, Brad Chun will be running for the Douglas County Commission as an independent candidate in the general election.
Chun will be running for the seat in District 2, which includes North Lawrence, the eastern Lawrence area around downtown, Grant Township and the portion of Wakarusa Township north of Lawrence. This ...
At a special meeting on Thursday, the Lawrence school board approved an increase to the administrative salary pool and interviewed the final candidate for the interim superintendent position.
The school board approved the superintendent’s recommended 4.077% increase to the administrative salary pool, a total increase of $245,520. This increase will allow the district to finalize compensation packages for all ...
With COVID-19 and weather cancellations, it had been a few years since the Douglas County Fair held its last antique tractor pull. But if you think that's a while to wait, try spending 25 years in a shed.
That's what happened to one of the tractors in Thursday's competition before Doug Montis bought it from a neighbor who had it in storage. It was made in 1951 — the same year as all of the tractors his ...
After several requests from energy storage companies curious about expanding to Douglas County, the county's Zoning and Codes division will start the process of drawing up specific rules for those kinds of uses — as well as high-tech operations that store data and mine cryptocurrencies.
At its meeting on Wednesday, the County Commission voted 2-0, with Commissioner Shannon Reid absent, to initiate a text ...
The University of Kansas has invested in numerous research projects to understand the mechanics of solar panels. Lately, however, some researchers are looking into improving sustainability and environmental friendliness.
The researchers have turned their own energy to several new topics, including improving organic semiconductors to replace silicon versions in harnessing the sun's rays and finding new and ...
The Lawrence chamber of commerce is asking the Douglas County Commission to release more than $100,000 of funding for a minority business loan program, which the commission has been holding onto amid some questions about how the program would work.
As the Journal-World reported, county leaders in 2023 set aside $105,000 for the Diversify Douglas County program, which aims to provide loans to minority-owned ...
