With summer approaching, The Kentucky Division of Water (DOW) and the Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) offer these safety tips to help Kentuckians enjoy the many rivers, lakes and creeks in which to boat, fish, swim, or otherwise enjoy the state’s abundant water resources. Despite many water quality improvements, there is the potential for…
Gov. Matt Bevin vetoed a line item in the state budget that would have continued an allocation of $150,000 in each of the next two years for the Northern Kentucky Riverfront Commons project. Here is a story on the shared vision of the project and the potential economic impact on riverfront communities. By John Fox…
By Mark Hansel NKyTribune managing editor Riverfront Commons will lose $150,000 in state funding in each of the next two years, as a result of a veto by Gov. Matt Bevin. The funding was approved by the General Assembly as a line item in the Economic Development Cabinet portion of House Bill 303, but was…
Kentucky Labor Cabinet Secretary Derrick Ramsey has announced that the 100 employees of Big Rivers Electric Corporation–Wilson Station have earned a Governor’s Safety and Health Award. The recognition is for 1.7 million hours of work without a lost time injury. Deputy Secretary Mike Nemes visited the facility recently to congratulate employees on behalf of Sec….
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the conviction of the person or persons responsible for shooting a federally protected bald eagle sometime around Christmas in Grand Rivers, Kentucky. The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are jointly investigating…
Driving habits, good or bad, begin to form long before a driver can reach the gas pedal and as early as when a child’s car seat is turned to face front. So, to learn what it means to be a safe driver, passenger and pedestrian, Kentucky tots are taking the wheel. Safety City, a free,…
River Metals Recycling (RMR) Newport was named 2015 Business of the Year at the by the Newport Business Association. The Newport facility was recognized for significant contributions to the community, including working with the Fire and Police Departments for emergency response training, donations to the city and park system, and volunteer efforts. RMR was chosen…
Gateway Community and Technical College Human Services will host a program fair and awards on Feb. 17, from 4:45 – 5:45 p.m. in the Two Rivers Gym, 525 Scott Boulevard, at the Urban Metro Campus in Covington. Gateway students and the public are invited to attend this event to learn more about the variety of…
A new racing surface and a full slate of sponsors for the season’s races were the highlights of the Kentucky Speedway 2016 Media Luncheon Tuesday. Speedway General Manager Mark Simendinger said the run-up to the Feb. 21, Daytona 500, always gets the juices flowing for race fans. “It’s a great time for us to talk,…
KZF, an architecture and engineering design firm in Cincinnati, has revealed the design plans for a riverfront project in Dayton that is part of the Riverfront Commons Trail. Eric Anderson of KZF presented renderings of the riverfront walkway and answered questions about the plans during a recent public meeting in Dayton. Dayton’s unique riverfront design…
Kentucky Labor Cabinet Secretary Derrick Ramsey recently recognized River Metals Recycling (RMR) exemplary workplace safety record and recertification into the Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP). “River Metals Recycling has demonstrated their commitment to maintaining a culture of workplace safety, which is why the Commonwealth of Kentucky is proud to celebrate this achievement with…
Senator Dennis Parrett’s bill to broaden the window that allows for stronger penalties for habitual drunk drivers continues to make its way through the legislative process. Senate Bill 56, which would expand what is known in legal circles as the “look back period” for prior offenses from five to 10 years, passed the Senate Wednesday….
Senator Dennis Parrett, D-Elizabethtown, is continuing the effort to broaden the window that allows for stronger penalties for habitual drunk drivers. Senate Bill 56, which Parrett pre-filed this summer, passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee and is headed to the Senate floor for a vote. The bill would expand what is known in legal…
A State sign contractor will replace the governor name plaques on three overhead interstate panel signs in Northern Kentucky, beginning at midnight on Wednesday, Jan. 6. Signage replacement will take place on southbound I-75/71 at the 192 – 191 mile marker of the Brent Spence Bridge, southbound I-471 at the 5.1 mile marker at the…
This is the fourth article in a series about Kentucky furbearers The river otter (Lontra canadensis) is thriving in Kentucky waterways. A fast, acrobatic swimmer, the river otter has a long, tapered tail and a thick, water-repellent coat of light brown, gray and black fur. Despite its clownish, playful behavior at times, the river otter…
Barren River Lake State Resort Park is offering its Nature Watch Weekends to view sandhill cranes as they migrate home to the north in January and February. Each year thousands of sandhill cranes make Barren River Lake a stop as they congregate in huge numbers to migrate. The lake’s exposed mud flats in winter provide…
Special to NKyTribune Hotel guests, residents and those who work along the Covington riverfront are going to be seeing at first subtle but in the next three years significant changes along RiverCenter Boulevard and Third Street to the north and west of the Internal Revenue Service Center. In the past several weeks some minor paving…
The Eldercare Locator, a program established and funded by the Administration for Community Living (ACL) and administered by the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, has launched a national campaign to help educate the public about the challenges older adults face in accessing transportation and the importance of developing a plan to identify their…
The Boone County Sheriff’s Office needs help finding a driver involved in a hit-and-run incident with a pedestrian on Nov. 28. Details are provided below : On Saturday, November 28, 2015 some time between 12:10 a.m. and 12:40 a.m. a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in the intersection of KY-237 (North Bend Road) and…
An Ohio man has died after a fall from Chimney Top Rock at Red River Gorge, according to the Wolfe County Search and Rescue Team. Timothy Amiot of Batavia is the third fatality at Chimney Top Rock this year. The initial post from Wolf County Search and Rescue (see below) indicates Amiot was 25 years…
The Kentucky Office of Highway Safety honored 142 law enforcement officers from 117 agencies across the state for their efforts to target impaired drivers. The 2015 Governor’s Impaired Driving Enforcement Awards were presented to officers with the most impaired-driving arrests in each agency. “Impaired driving is not an accident – it’s an epidemic of careless…
With fatalities on Kentucky’s roadways up compared to last year’s statistics, the Kentucky State Police are implementing Operation R.A.I.D. (Remove Aggressive, Impaired and Distracted drivers from Kentucky Roadways) in an effort to save lives and reduce injury-related crashes during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season. Through Nov. 19 of 2014, 585 lives were lost on…
