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More than 100 people lined all four street corners outside of Lawrence City Hall Tuesday to rally for clean energy usage and push Evergy to close their coal-fired power plant.
Ken Lassman
These perennial goldenrods are in full bloom, adding to the profusion of yellow flowers visible this time of year. If you look closer, you’ll also see goldenrod soldier beetles among the flowers.
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The Lawrence school board on Monday will vote on the district’s final 2023-24 budget, which would increase property taxes, and hear a proposal for a solar energy project.
Intolerable heat and humidity that hovered over Kansas last month set daily maximum temperature records across the state and rivaled all-time highs.
August Rudisell / Lawrence Times
Environmental activists plan to hold a peaceful demonstration to push for local climate action and for Evergy to close the coal-fired Lawrence Energy Center.
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Lawrence currently has unhealthy air quality because of wildfires more than 1,000 miles away.
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At an early age, Alexis Nikole Nelson formed a habit of eating items straight from the dirt outdoors.
It wasn’t as concerning as it seems.
Fewer Kansas farmers are signing up to grow hemp each year, likely because of the diminishing demand for CBD oil. But hemp advocates say there are markets for hemp fiber and grains that could still be a boon for Kansas.
Ken Lassman
This perennial sunflower Helianthus grosseserratus, or sawtooth sunflower, is displaying its two rows of bracts, which combined are called the involucre.
Kansas regulators approved a robust set of energy efficiency programs for Evergy customers after concerns the deal might fall apart.
