The draft version of Douglas County’s strategic plan for tackling housing and homelessness could be ready for final approval in a matter of months, and its overall objective is to achieve “functional zero” homelessness by 2028. Assistant County Administrator Jill Jolicoeur presented the ...
Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday deferred their decision on whether an energy firm may conduct testing for a potential large-scale solar project, and they and some members of the public were skeptical about the company's claims that it didn't know it needed a permit. The ...
A Florida-based energy firm recently conducted construction activities without a permit in eastern Douglas County — geotechnical surveys a representative with the firm says are to prepare for a future application for a utility-scale solar project. Now, they’re seeking to continue those ...
Story updated at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 22: Although Douglas County leaders have yet to officially decide who will operate the county’s yet-to-open behavioral health crisis center, the plan is for it to be partially open in a matter of weeks. That’s according to information about the ...
Douglas County leaders will hear another update about the county’s yet-to-open behavioral health crisis center this week, and it’s expected to include something that members of the public have been asking about for much of the past year — a concrete timeline for opening. That topic and ...
Applications are now open for the Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council's Natural and Cultural Grant program, which has nearly $300,000 available to distribute this year, the council announced in a press release Wednesday. The grant program will offer a total of $285,000 in funding, ...