Leaders with the City of Lawrence and Douglas County indicated Monday that they see a need to add at least one more Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical station soon — but for now, though, they still have questions about what the best route to making that happen would be. The Lawrence City ...
Leaders with the City of Lawrence and Douglas County are set to meet in a joint session next week to discuss the possible expansion of Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical, which could come with a more than $50 million price tag. The Lawrence City Commission and Douglas County Commission will ...
Updated at 4:44 p.m. Thursday, May 11 A disciplinary hearing has been scheduled with the Kansas Office of the Disciplinary Administrator for Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez, and a special prosecutor has been retained to oversee the proceedings. A disciplinary hearing is ...
Douglas County leaders on Wednesday voiced interest in exploring a new racial equity initiative from a national nonprofit that focuses on achieving "structural well-being," and county staff may bring it back as a more formal proposal at some point in the future. At the Douglas County ...
Douglas County leaders this week will hear an update on the county’s ongoing racial equity initiatives. At Wednesday’s Douglas County Commission meeting, county staff will discuss two ongoing initiatives concerned with advancing racial equity in the community: the county’s membership in ...
Douglas County leaders on Wednesday accepted a grant from the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services that will account for more than $6.2 million of the county’s new behavioral health crisis center’s funding through 2024. With the grant secured, the county now has all of the ...