A 4.5-acre plot in Baldwin City has been producing solar power for five years now, and the Baldwin City Council has started discussing plans for another — and potentially bigger — solar farm in the community. The city had partnered with Evergy to construct its first solar photovoltaic array as a renewable energy solution that requires minimal annual maintenance. It started producing power in 2019, and it ...
At its 38th annual Festival of Trees Gala fundraiser earlier this month, the O’Connell Children’s Shelter raised a record-breaking $250,000 to support children and families in need. The gala has been around since 1986 and involves Douglas County businesses, clubs, children’s groups, families and organizations donating decorated Christmas trees and wreaths to be exhibited. This year's event was on Dec. 6, ...
With photos and paint, two Lawrence High School students have been telling very personal stories about isolation, identity and women's rights — and now they're in a selective national program that will help them take their art even higher. Junior Lola Brown and senior Adele Erickson both learned at the end of November that they'd won a YoungArts award for their artwork. They were among the 800 or so students ...
Douglas County commissioners approved two significant plans for a 8 million-square-foot solar project on Wednesday after hearing more than two hours of comments from members of the public, many of whom urged them to delay the votes. The commissioners unanimously voted to approve the two plans – a stormwater management plan and an agrivoltaics plan – for the Kansas Sky Energy Center, a solar farm project ...
Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday will consider authorizing an additional $36,000 of ongoing funding for Artists Helping the Homeless to help turn its part-time peer outreach position to a full-time position. The county, in its 2025 budget, had already allocated $412,686 for Artists Helping the Homeless — $376,686 for the operations of the nonprofit's two supportive housing projects, and $36,000 for ...
Sheep and solar may go hand-in-hand in Douglas County, according to a new plan for a large solar farm near Midland Junction north of North Lawrence. Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday will consider approving an “agrivoltaics” plan for the Kansas Sky Energy Center solar project. The plan outlines practices for how hundreds of acres of land currently used for row crop agriculture could house solar ...