A nearly $3 million countywide effort to conserve open spaces and to promote access to nature is starting to show results, with some of the first becoming visible at the county-owned Lone Star State Park.
Work is underway at Lone Star — a state park featuring a 185-acre lake located about 30 minutes southwest of Lawrence — with construction beginning on a new kayak launch facility.
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After hearing the district's newly drafted high school cellphone policy, Lawrence school board members agreed phones should be out of sight, silent, and not disrupt class, though opinions differed on whether the proposed policy was just rehashing the current one, and there was some confusion about its scope.
The current policy in place for cellphones at the high school level says phones should be “put away ...
After concerns from educators and parents about the district’s cellphone policy and its impact on student learning, the Lawrence school board will review a new policy that would make high schools phone-free during school hours, with some exceptions.
On Monday, school board members will review a policy that says phones will be "turned off and stored out of sight at all times during school hours." The policy, ...
With help from some new state funding, Friends of the Kaw wants to get more kids thinking about water — and about the slopes, surfaces and even tiny invertebrates that can tell us more about it.
The nonprofit focused on protecting the Kansas River has received $48,331 from the Kansas Water Office to expand the online presence of its Kids About Water program for middle and high school students, which has been ...
Douglas County commissioners have all voiced their support for the Senior Resource Center becoming a county department, and staff should provide a timeline by early next year to show how a potential transition would look.
On Wednesday, county commissioners heard from the Senior Resource Center about the advantages of transitioning into a county department. These benefits include an additional $232,000 in the ...
Douglas County commissioners will have a lot to think about – like expanding parking, updating restroom fixtures or adding a solar panel system – as the expansion of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center and the development of the new Public Safety Building move forward.
On Wednesday, county commissioners heard from Treanor Architects and J.E. Dunn Construction about possible “alternates,” or ...
