New figures from the federal government show Douglas County has a significantly smaller economy than many other counties that are dominated by major universities. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released new figures Thursday that for the first time show the gross domestic product of ...
Get ready to say goodbye to the Gap location in Lawrence. The apparel store today placed “store closing” signs all over its windows on Massachusetts Street. The closing likely will create a big gap in downtown Lawrence’s streetscape. Gap occupies about 100 feet of street frontage in the ...
It is the time of year for rankings. (In my ranking of children, my son fell to No. 5 on my list of two kids after I told him he could get me some music CDs for Christmas. He said he’d stop by the CD store next to the Blockbuster.) Lawrence, however, is not suffering such a fate. It has taken ...
One of Lawrence’s oldest New York-style pizzerias is moving, but don’t worry, you won’t have to get on a new subway line to find it. Papa Keno’s Pizzeria has reached a deal to leave its longtime home on the southern end of downtown for a new location a few blocks north on Massachusetts ...
Right out of college, a medical emergency landed Janice Early in Lawrence Memorial Hospital for three weeks, including a stay over Christmas. The experience and care she received stuck with her. Years later, when she was working in Kansas City and saw an advertisement for LMH’s director of ...
Maybe we all decided to buy our football tailgating supplies at the same time. (Is that why Taco Bell refused to fill my stock tank with nacho cheese sauce?) Or maybe there is some other explanation, but the start of fall ended up being the start of a new spending season in both Lawrence and ...
Lawrence’s cycling community soon may have more pedal-power behind it now that the big-time bike manufacturer Trek has opened a corporate-owned store on south Iowa Street. We reported months ago that Trek had signed a deal to locate in the shopping center at 25th and Iowa streets, just a ...
It makes sense that fall is the time homes start feeling a little cramped. The garage is full of Halloween candy and the free-range Thanksgiving turkey is roaming in the living room. (They say they’re healthier for you, but my blood pressure rises every time he messes with the remote.) Maybe ...
Diane Bui, owner of Lawrence Pawn & Jewelry, actually is an electrical engineer by training. That’s good, because she said she needs some fast-firing circuits to know which deals to make and which deals to reject at the pawn counter. “I have to be able to quickly assimilate ...
News and notes from around downtown Lawrence: • The pizza and Philly cheesesteak restaurant Grinders is in the process of closing its downtown Lawrence restaurant. Again. This time it appears to be for good. Grinders is the creation of Kansas City hipster restaurateur Jeffrey Rumaner, who ...
As the year draws to a close, leaders at Lawrence Memorial Hospital are getting their arms around a $20 million surprise. The hospital at the beginning of the year had budgeted to collect about $11 million in profits from the hospital’s basic businesses. Instead, LMH is on pace to post ...
I’ve found that a few beers around a roaring fireplace can be good entertainment — especially if everyone remembers the key phrase “stop, drop and roll.” West Lawrence residents may get to check out some of that fun, as an East Lawrence brewery has opened a westside location. We ...
The former Boys & Girls Club building in eastern Lawrence has been bought by a concert company. But, no, it won’t soon play host to your favorite band. Instead, it will become the new headquarters for a local company that books bands and other events across the country. Mammoth Live has ...
Plain and simple, the mayor of Lawrence wants marijuana to be legal. In March, Lawrence city commissioners went about as far as they could go on that front. They lowered the fine for possessing 32 grams or less of marijuana to just $1 — not only for your first offense but also your second. ...
The Bottleneck — the gritty downtown Lawrence music venue that has hosted everyone from Radiohead to Jewel — has a new owner. Mike Logan, who already owns one of the largest downtown music venues in The Granada, has purchased The Bottleneck with a group of investors. “For me, it is ...
When I’m on a flight, I don’t spend any time thinking about where the parts of the airplane came from. (I keep my focus on obtaining free pretzels, which after the fifth serving pretty much takes a full-time effort.) But the next time I’m on a plane, I probably will wonder whether the ...
Plans to add more job-producing businesses at the Lawrence Municipal Airport have been talked about for years. Now, there are signs they are nearing takeoff. A Eudora-based company has signed a deal to take over an entire hangar at the airport in North Lawrence to repair helicopters. EuroTec ...
It is embarrassing to think you are in a mega liquor store only to discover at checkout that you are in an ethanol plant. Soon, Lawrence residents will be able to take that worry off their lists. A longtime liquor store plans to open a giant 29,000-square-foot store along 23rd Street. The ...
Convenience stores sometimes make me anxious too. When I enter and see the doughnut case only has one creme-filled pastry left, I break into an anxious sprint. It appears some of you are anxiously wondering whether two major convenience store chains are going to follow through on their ...
Previously, one of the few things I knew about sidewalks was: If you wait long enough, the snow will melt. Now, I know another thing: All that rage people had over the city making property owners pay to fix city sidewalks in front of their homes didn’t carry much weight at the ballot box. ...