”My sister and I wanted to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who was there at the accident scene trying to help,” family members of three Nebraska residents who died in a crash in Lawrence last month write in this letter.

”If Lawrence is serious about achieving zero road deaths and making streets safer for all road users, then our engineering road design standards must change to center safety over faster throughput for cars,” Hilary Carter writes in this letter to the Times.

”Opponents of the proposed Kansas Sky Energy Center say they are not against renewable energy in Douglas County; they just think it should be located somewhere else. Where?” Joe Harrington writes in this letter to the Times.

”I want to offer a perspective on the proposed Kaw Valley industrial solar project that considers the deeper energy lifecycle issues. I am concerned that this project actually would lead us to waste more fossil energy resources and sacrifice good farmland in the process,” Byron Wiley writes in this letter to the Times.

”If this project is rejected, it would be a devastating blow to our efforts to reduce global warming and climate change and encourage other Kansas counties to reject renewable energy projects,” Tad Kramar writes in this letter to the Times.

”As a community, we are just in the beginning stages with the proposed plan (to address homelessness). Now the next stage of work begins,” Caitlin McDiarmid and Judy Pope of Justice Matters write in this letter to the Times.

”Scarcity of staff has compelled facilities to deploy CNAs with minimal training and experience into situations where the safety net of an experienced colleague or nurse is glaringly absent,” Addison Stover writes in this letter to the Times.

”Douglas County now has a draft Climate Action Plan, and kudos to the team that put it together! … However, there is one glaring omission: utility-scale renewable energy,” Joe Harrington writes in this letter to the Times.