Experts at the Southwest Power Pool project energy usage to grow by 96% during the next decade in its 14-state region, and on Friday, federal regulators gave the organization the ability to proactively plan for that growth.
The Lawrence school board on Monday approved hiring an architectural firm to design a nontraditional high school program at the Centennial building. The expansion of Langston Hughes Elementary will be postponed a year.
KU’s chancellor privately shared insights about a proposed compact offering preferential treatment by the Trump administration in exchange for freezing tuition rates, limiting international student enrollment and restraining campus employees from expressing political views.
A jazz work honoring athletes, researchers and a Nobel Peace Prize winner in KU history will soon premiere at the Lied Center.
The City of Lawrence is again asking residents to help name a snow plow, and this year, the final choice will go to a community vote.
This has been a dry fall, with more muted leaf colors. Rain will brighten some, but many leaves are drying up, limiting further development.
Doug Tyler has been able to train more than two dozen puppies on their way to becoming service dogs during his Watkins Museum volunteer shifts over the last several years.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
The Lawrence school board on Monday will consider hiring an architectural firm to execute planning and development of Choice Centennial Campus, a nontraditional high school program slated for the former elementary building.
About 1,000 people lined the edges of Watson Park and spilled throughout the surrounding sidewalks of downtown Lawrence on Saturday to protest what they argue is an overreach of power by the Trump administration.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Voters will elect two Lawrence city commissioners and three Lawrence school board members in the upcoming general election. Here are the endorsements of two local labor unions.
