For years, Douglas County health officials have fought to save people from opioid overdoses and addiction. But all that time, they say, a legal opioid-like substance has been “ubiquitous” in smoke shops all over town.
It’s kratom, and now its days on the shelf in Kansas are numbered.
State legislation banning the sale or possession of kratom and a derivative of it called 7-OH will take effect Wednesday, ...
Recently, City of Lawrence workers mowed over parts of the remnant prairie at Prairie Park – but unlike when herbicide was sprayed on the prairie a few years ago, this wasn't an error.
Rather, it was part of a strategy the city and Native Lands Restoration Collaborative are using to fight a hardy, invasive weed that is threatening the 5-acre remnant prairie. The weed is called Sericea lespedeza, and the city ...
From a styrofoam cup ban to an anti-idling ordinance to an “ecosystem personhood” protection for the wetlands, Lawrence’s sustainability board has dozens of ideas for environmental policies.
Now, the problem will be choosing the best ones.
The board at its meeting on Thursday had two batches of proposals to review, suggested by members Nancy Muma and Patrick Ross, for policies that it could recommend to ...
Lawrence’s summer shopping spectacular, A Midsummer Night on Mass, is always big for downtown merchants – but they have reason to believe this Friday’s edition could be bigger than normal.
That’s because the specials at downtown businesses aren’t the only things happening that night. There’s also the Free State Festival, a free concert at the Granada, even the monthly Final Friday art walk.
“This ...
Whenever trees fall or break along Lawrence’s roadways, it’s a job for the city’s forestry staff – and sometimes it’s much, much more than a full-time job.
That’s certainly been true this month, when Lawrence has seen storms with heavy rain, high winds and even a weak tornado in North Lawrence. All of those things can cause trees to fail, and so “this last week and a half’s been kind of a lot of ...
Contamination in the City of Lawrence's recycling has risen to more than 17%, a recent audit found, and the city will have to continue paying tens of thousands of dollars in surcharges to its recycling processor because of it.
The city announced the findings from its most recent recycling audit in a news release this week. The recycling audits happen twice a year, in spring and fall, and they determine how much ...
