Douglas County leaders this week will get their first look at a budget proposal for the county's rural Consolidated Fire District No. 1 and a five-year capital improvement plan that would replace 10 bridges in the county and extend Wakarusa Drive across the Wakarusa River. At a work session ...
After receiving enough signatures from members of the community to get on the November ballot, Brad Chun will be running for the Douglas County Commission as an independent candidate in the general election. Chun will be running for the seat in District 2, which includes North Lawrence, the ...
After several requests from energy storage companies curious about expanding to Douglas County, the county's Zoning and Codes division will start the process of drawing up specific rules for those kinds of uses — as well as high-tech operations that store data and mine cryptocurrencies. At ...
The Lawrence chamber of commerce is asking the Douglas County Commission to release more than $100,000 of funding for a minority business loan program, which the commission has been holding onto amid some questions about how the program would work. As the Journal-World reported, county leaders ...
Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday approved the sheriff’s office's request to purchase an incoming mail scanner, something the office says is urgently needed to stop illegal substances from getting into the jail. The commission at its regular meeting waived a bidding process and ...
Some funds for the Open Space Plan, which maps out Douglas County's approach for safeguarding and managing its natural and undeveloped lands, are being proposed to support Lone Star Lake Park and many more projects to come. At the meeting on Wednesday, county commissioners will hear a ...