Douglas County has been recognized for meeting a standard of tracking people experiencing homelessness on a “by-name” basis. 105 Inside: Built for Zero, a nonprofit initiative, announced that Douglas County has become the 88th community in the country to keep a real-time, person-specific ...
In a marathon meeting that included more than an hour of public comments, planning commissioners on Wednesday took a step requested by the developers of the New Boston Crossing project — but made it clear that there's still much to be figured out about the proposed development south of the ...
Douglas County commissioners have approved geological testing at a solar farm site north of Lawrence, but a judge will now decide whether the testing violates an existing court order in an ongoing lawsuit against the project. Developers of the Kansas Sky Energy Center — a proposed ...
While a lawsuit has stopped construction from beginning on a solar facility north of Lawrence, the County Commission will consider whether or not to begin geological testing on the site on Wednesday. The developers of the Kansas Sky Energy Center – a proposed $234 million solar farm near ...
Last November, when Lawrence and Douglas County planning officials set their traffic safety targets for 2025, their target was to have under 8.3 fatal crashes in Douglas County. So far, the county is under that, with just five. Now, they're considering a target for 2026 that looks a lot lower: ...
Douglas County commissioners have told county staff to proceed with a plan for a scholarship fund to help low- to moderate income families afford child care. This initiative was a strategy outlined in the Community Health Improvement Plan, or CHIP, a five-year roadmap to improve community ...