Douglas County commissioners learned on Wednesday that only around 72% of the federal funding they distributed through the American Rescue Plan Act has been utilized, and they approved measures to maximize the money's impact before the end-of-the-year deadline to spend it. In July 2022, the ...
Updated at 2:40 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7 In 2023, the entrepreneurship group Forward Cities visited Douglas County with a big question: What can the community do to better support its entrepreneurs of color? Now, more than a year after talking with local Black, Indigenous and people of color ...
Two large detention basins and acres of native grass are designed to be the main defenses against flooding that could be caused by a controversial solar farm development proposed for northern Douglas County, neighbors were told Wednesday. The developers of the proposed Kansas Sky Energy ...
Incumbent Douglas County Commissioner Karen Willey has won the District 3 seat and will continue serving on the commission. On Tuesday, Willey received 7,008 votes against Republican Pam McDermott, who won a total of 5,266 votes. District 3 is the largest Douglas County Commission district by ...
Incumbent Douglas County Commissioner Shannon Reid was reelected on Tuesday, and will now be serving another term in the District 2 seat. Reid’s opponent, independent candidate Brad Chun, received 2,228 votes, while she acquired 4,899 votes. The district Reid will continue representing ...
Gene Dorsey will be representing the newly established District 4 seat on the Douglas County Commission after defeating two other candidates. Dorsey received 5,849 votes to Republican Vice Mayor of Eudora Timothy Bruce's 3,557 votes and Libertarian Steve Jacob's 719 votes. District 4 includes ...