The federal bureaucracy that surrounds Haskell Indian Nations University doesn't often give straight answers. But this week, Dan Wildcat said, it gave hundreds of community members a clear sign that they'd been heard.
Fourteen clear signs, in fact.
“This is, to me, the best part of the story so far,” Wildcat, an instructor of Indigenous and American Indian Studies at Haskell, told a crowd of about 100 ...
A large solar energy project proposed for Douglas County likely will require an increase in electric rates, as will a pair of natural gas power plants for other areas of Kansas.
During a public hearing on Wednesday via Zoom, Evergy — the state's largest electric utility — proposed rate increases for customers in Lawrence and elsewhere to help pay for two natural gas plants and the Kansas Sky Energy Center ...
Douglas County leaders are urging Kansans in Congress to stand up for residents affected by the Trump administration's executive orders — including the dozens who were laid off at Haskell Indian Nations University and the many others whose livelihoods rely on federal grants and contracts.
At its meeting on Wednesday, the County Commission discussed a letter that it plans to send next week to Republican U.S. ...
With more and more visitors at Clinton Lake, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says it's been doing boat patrols since last spring to enhance safety, and it plans to expand it to Lone Star Lake, as well.
During a work session before the Douglas County Commission's meeting on Wednesday, Sheriff Jay Armbrister told county commissioners that the department had started last spring to patrol the waters at ...
Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday will consider approving a grant application that would help fund services for youths in the criminal justice system.
At its meeting, the commission will consider an application for Kansas Department of Corrections Reinvestment grants that would provide funding to support restorative justice practices, parenting classes, mental health and substance use treatment, and ...
Education activist ChrisTopher Niles Enneking has become the first candidate to file for the Lawrence school board's 2025 election.
Enneking told the Journal-World via email that, if elected, job one would be to rebuild this community’s faith in the school district. He said that in the six years that he has been a parent of students in Lawrence Public Schools, the school board has shown disregard for the ...
