Douglas County commissioners will consider an agreement for the county’s flexible housing pool program that includes a new partner in place of Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center amid the organization’s staffing shortages. On Wednesday, county commissioners will review a proposed ...
This month, the Watkins Museum of History is celebrating its 50th year, but it comes at a time when federal changes threaten its very existence. Changes from the federal government have upended the museum’s operations. Steve Nowak, the museum’s executive director, said the museum has seen ...
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 ...