Demand for psychiatric care at Heartland Community Health Center is growing – especially among children – as the clinic works to address gaps in staffing while keeping the people it already has. Since 2022, Heartland’s staff has fluctuated with hiring additional staff and losing other ...
Following a public hearing on Wednesday, Douglas County commissioners will consider adopting the new Solid Waste Management Plan. Douglas and Jefferson counties have prepared a joint, regional Solid Waste Management Plan – which guides the management of solid waste generated within the ...
A Douglas County judge has ruled that planning commissioners produce a feasible set of documents within a month in the ongoing legal dispute over a proposed 159-megawatt solar farm in northern Douglas County. On Tuesday, Judge James McCabria ruled that Lawrence-Douglas County Planning ...
Douglas County commissioners unanimously voted to approve the 2027 budget on Wednesday, and a couple commissioners think it would have been possible to achieve a revenue-neutral rate. The 2027 budget includes approximately $199.6 million with a mill levy – or property tax rate – of 40.286 ...
Douglas County commissioners will consider adopting the 2027 budget on Wednesday, which includes a property tax rate decrease from last year. The proposed budget being considered on Wednesday follows two weeks of hearings from community partners and deliberations between county commissioners ...
At a brief meeting about Douglas County’s 2025 audit results on Wednesday, county leaders signaled that a review of some financial policies might be coming soon. “Now that we’ve gotten two major projects for the year, budget and audit, out of the way, we can return our attention to ...