Employees of Douglas County’s criminal justice system may someday participate in training to better understand unconscious biases about race and ethnicity. However, a work group formed by the county's Criminal Justice Coordinating Council doesn't yet know what that might look like, and ...
The Kansas Department of Transportation is considering three plans to renovate the north end of the South Lawrence Trafficway — the general area where Kansas Highway 10 meets Interstate 70 and the Farmer’s Turnpike — as part of its work toward expanding the trafficway’s western leg from ...
The Douglas County Commission on Wednesday will consider awarding a construction contract to repair a bridge just south of Lawrence. In a memo to county commissioners, Public Works Director Keith Browning said the project would repair the bridge carrying East 1400 Road over the Wakarusa River. ...
Months of work by Douglas County staff to develop a major overhaul of the county's zoning regulations came to an end Wednesday as the Douglas County Commission authorized the proposed changes during its regular meeting. But Tonya Voigt, the county’s director of zoning, said staff will ...
The Douglas County Commission on Wednesday will consider authorizing new zoning regulations, which the county staff has been pursuing in light of increased residential development in rural areas. But the commission will also consider extending its postponement on processing applications to ...
Douglas County has filed plans to demolish an unoccupied building on the southern edge of downtown. The City of Lawrence’s Historic Resources Commission will consider authorizing a certificate of appropriateness for the county to demolish the structure located at 1242 Massachusetts St. ...