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Douglas County to host first Government Day celebration for community
Douglas County is hosting its first Government Day celebration, which will include games, activities, demos, a touch-a-truck event and more.
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Douglas County business owners, aspiring entrepreneurs can earn funding, training through free pitch competition
Local business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs can receive support molding business pitches and then compete for a chance to earn funding from a $25,000 prize pool.
Douglas County launching local program to restore people’s legal competency as they await trial
People who are booked into jails statewide have long waited several months — even more than a year — for beds at state mental hospitals, so their competency to understand court proceedings can be restored. Douglas County is now working on a local solution to that problem.
City of Lawrence, Douglas County partner with local organizations aiming to support small businesses
Lawrence and Douglas County leaders are building a roadmap for entrepreneurial growth and doing work toward equitable entrepreneurship.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Service changes, when parking is free in downtown Lawrence and more info for MLK Day
Here’s a quick glance at closures, service changes and more for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday in Lawrence.
Tricia Masenthin/Lawrence Times
Applications open for Treatment and Recovery Center advisory group
Douglas County and Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center are seeking applicants for an advisory group that will be asked to point out issues and pose solutions to improve care at the Treatment and Recovery Center.
Douglas County to hold info meeting on Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge
An upcoming info meeting will invite interested students to learn more about the Douglas County Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge.
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Douglas County to hold meeting on open space plan
Members of the Lawrence and Douglas County community are invited to learn about the county’s open space planning progress and share their feedback during an open house this week.
At Lawrence event, storyteller will share how to find humor in times of struggle
Kevin Kling, an Emmy Award-winning storyteller, will give a free talk in Lawrence Thursday about growing from loss, finding humor and maintaining love and connections in times of suffering.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Lawrence Community Shelter staff members are unionizing, they announce
Staff members of the Lawrence Community Shelter are unionizing with CWA Local 6400 and have asked management to voluntarily recognize the union.
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