Updated at 2:40 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7
In 2023, the entrepreneurship group Forward Cities visited Douglas County with a big question: What can the community do to better support its entrepreneurs of color?
Now, more than a year after talking with local Black, Indigenous and people of color who run their own businesses here, Forward Cities is back, and it plans to share its results in a special video ...
A plan will soon be developed for conserving the Wakarusa River Corridor and protecting resources in the area for future generations, and Douglas County commissioners will hear more on Wednesday about how that effort is going.
The presentation from open space leaders will focus on the conservation of the Wakarusa River Corridor, from the Clinton Lake dam to Eudora. The conservation plan will be called the ...
Democrat Erica Anderson came out on top among the three candidates who competed for the Douglas County Commission's new District 5 seat.
Anderson had garnered 5,149 votes as of 9:30 p.m. Tuesday to win District 5, which includes a small portion of south Lawrence, southern Wakarusa Township, Baldwin City and Palmyra Township. Republican Rich Lorenzo and Libertarian Kirsten Kuhn, Anderson’s opponents, received ...
Gene Dorsey will be representing the newly established District 4 seat on the Douglas County Commission after defeating two other candidates.
Dorsey received 5,849 votes to Republican Vice Mayor of Eudora Timothy Bruce's 3,557 votes and Libertarian Steve Jacob's 719 votes. District 4 includes a small portion of southeastern Lawrence, Eudora and Eudora Township and the small portion of Wakarusa Township located ...
Incumbent Douglas County Commissioner Shannon Reid was reelected on Tuesday, and will now be serving another term in the District 2 seat.
Reid’s opponent, independent candidate Brad Chun, received 2,228 votes, while she acquired 4,899 votes. The district Reid will continue representing includes North Lawrence, the eastern Lawrence area around downtown, Grant Township and the portion of Wakarusa Township ...
Incumbent Douglas County Commissioner Karen Willey has won the District 3 seat and will continue serving on the commission.
On Tuesday, Willey received 7,008 votes against Republican Pam McDermott, who won a total of 5,266 votes. District 3 is the largest Douglas County Commission district by geographic area. The district includes the western portion of Lawrence, the city of Lecompton and the entirety of five ...
