Douglas County leaders have approved a new health order that will keep the mask mandate in place, eliminate the mass-gathering limit and provide more flexibility about the occupancy rules for businesses and venues. As part of its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission voted ...

More than a year went by with not one murder trial in Douglas County District Court — until July. Now the court is in the middle of what’s believed to be an unprecedented deluge of murder trials, and the high-stakes, labor-intensive cases are putting extra strain on the system. “This ...

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