The Douglas County Commission is poised to allow two rural landowners to convert their 25 acres into residential lots. During their meeting on Wednesday, the commissioners directed county staff to prepare a resolution that would allow property owners Patrick Halpin and Erin Callahan-Halpin ...
Local social service organizations received encouraging words on Wednesday that they may get a significant amount of the $23 million in federal pandemic relief funding that has been awarded to Douglas County. They also may be getting a new county-funded position that aims to better organize ...
Questions emerged Wednesday about the departure of two top executives at Heartland Community Health Center after one disclosed she has hired an attorney regarding a previous racial discrimination complaint against Heartland. New information about turnover in the top ranks of Heartland — ...
Douglas County community members can now request a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at their business or event, according to a news release Wednesday from Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health. The goal of the new program is to provide more access to those who haven't had the opportunity to make an ...
The Douglas County Commission at its meeting Wednesday will consider allowing two rural landowners to convert their 25 acres of land into residential lots. According to planning documents provided to the County Commission, property owners Patrick Halpin and Erin Callahan-Halpin are asking for ...
The potential for financial woe at the Watkins Museum of History seems a little bit less than it did weeks ago when the downtown museum was contemplating its 2022 budget. No, Douglas County commissioners on Tuesday — the second day of budget hearings for the county — did not express ...