Lawrence Times
As cardboard recycling dumpsters at local grocery stores have been filling up fast, the City of Lawrence has added a new location at the Douglas County Fairgrounds to help meet the demand.
The Kansas Corporation Commission gave Evergy the go-ahead to build two natural gas plants and a new solar plant, over the objections of multiple parties.
The bumblebee stashes the pollen in pollen sacks or corbicula, located on its legs, to take back home to feed the young bees and queen.
Well-designed lighting lets people see at night while reducing the negative impacts of artificial light on pollinators and birds. It’s also better for human sleep.
The Kansas River is cleaner today than half a century ago, but pollution and trash remain problems. Kayakers and others who love this river are helping the river’s sandbars by hauling away tons of garbage.
It’s been raining a lot in much of Kansas — not necessarily what wheat harvest and haying needs, but less than a quarter of the state is currently in some sort of drought, which is a considerable improvement overall.
A Lawrence couple is voicing concerns about what could’ve happened when Evergy unexpectedly cut their electricity for hours on a 90-degree day this week. Long outages without notice could be dangerous for people, pets and food.
Sarah Hill-Nelson, CEO of Bowersock Mills & Power Co., said tax benefits designed to encourage growth of alternative energy production projects — now threatened by Congress — were essential to upgrading the hydroelectric plant.
With the Fourth of July still a week away, area prairies continue to shoot off their floral fireworks, like this sensitive brier. Bees collect the yellow pollen and quail like to eat the seeds.
KU has invited community members to welcome the summer solstice with a free tour of the university’s Native Medicinal Plant Research Garden, which is part of the Field Station.
