Douglas County commissioners will on Wednesday consider approving an approximately $82 million budget for the improvement and expansion of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center and a new Public Safety building built next to the county jail. County commissioners will receive a presentation ...
Before European settlement, Kansas was dominated by vast prairies of tall grasses and wildflowers. However, farming and development have since altered the landscape, prompting researchers at the University of Kansas to help uncover how much of it remains intact in Douglas County. Prairie ...
Douglas County Administrator Sarah Plinsky will be getting a 19% raise — more than $41,000 above her current base salary — which county commissioners said was appropriate to bring her compensation in line with administrators in nearby communities. On Wednesday, the County Commission ...
UPDATED 11:15 A.M. DEC. 4 After approving pay increases for other county employees, Douglas County commissioners will consider a more than 19% increase to the county administrator’s base salary — a raise of more than $41,000. On Wednesday, commissioners will consider setting the new base ...
Rural landowners interested in conserving natural spaces in Douglas County can now apply for a pilot program that will help them restrict how their land can be used or developed in the future. Douglas County and the Kansas Land Trust are now accepting applications for the program, which will ...
A nearly $3 million countywide effort to conserve open spaces and to promote access to nature is starting to show results, with some of the first becoming visible at the county-owned Lone Star State Park. Work is underway at Lone Star — a state park featuring a 185-acre lake located about ...