The Kentucky General Assembly’s 2018 regular session ended Saturday evening, capping off a session in which lawmakers approved the state’s next two-year budget and numerous other measures that will affect people throughout the state. Most new laws – those that come from legislation that don’t contain emergency clauses or different specified effective dates – will…
As most of you know, Kentucky is a logistics hub, with three global shipping centers, 20 interstates and major highways, major railways, barge traffic on two large rivers, and more than 65 commercial and regional airports. In Northern Kentucky businesses depend heavily on our international airport (the largest airport in Kentucky), the Ohio River, major…
Nearly 1,000 members of 18 choruses and quartets from seven states will be competing this week at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center as part of the Harmony Heartland Region 4 Competition of the Sweet Adelines. Founded in 1945, Sweet Adelines International began as a small group of women who loved to sing but has grown…
TANK’s Southbank Shuttle Trolley will be FREE to riders beginning Thursday, April 12. Free rides will last through May 31. “TANK recognizes that the closure of the Roebling Suspension Bridge has created a challenge for our customers and the residents and businesses in Covington, particularly those in the Park Place and Greenup area,” said Andrew…
April 8-14 is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, a time to recognize the efforts of more than 200,000 police and emergency service dispatchers throughout the U.S. The Kentucky State Police employs 187 telecommunicators at its 16 posts throughout the state. In 2017, they handled 519,474 calls. The following is a story about one of those…
By Ryan Clark NKyTribune reporter The City of Covington took another step forward in its possible restructuring when commissioners approved a new finance director at their legislative meeting Tuesday night. A late addition to Tuesday night’s agenda, commissioners unanimously approved the hiring of Mohammed Owusu, who is currently serving as a project manager at the…
Gov. Matt Bevin announced Monday the U.S. Department of the Treasury certified 144 Opportunity Zones in 84 Kentucky counties under a program in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 that aims to encourage long-term investments in low-income urban and rural communities nationwide. The designation offers significant federal tax breaks and deferrals to entities…
Spring Fest IN VUE is coming to Bellevue, for the first time, and bringing lots of food, fun, artists, sales and music with it. A new event, Spring Fest IN VUE takes place 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 12, in the 200 to 500 block of the Historic Fairfield Avenue Shopping District….
A list of April events and programs at the Campbell County Public Library branches is provided here. The Campbell County Public Library operates four branches. The Cold Spring Branch is located at 3920 Alexandria Pike in Cold Spring, phone 859-781-6166. The Carrico/Fort Thomas Branch is located at 1000 Highland Ave. in Fort Thomas, phone 859-572-5033….
By Jen Fifield Pew Research Center The van comes to a stop just as it reaches the hens. A bleating lamb is the first to greet Sandra Hennessee as she opens the van door and lets in the midday sun. To get here, on an Amish farm in rural western Kentucky, Hennessee headed west from…
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Severe weather that struck parts of Kentucky overnight and into the morning left at least two people injured. The National Weather Service in Louisville reported one man was injured in Hardin County when his truck was blown off the road and into a barn. He was taken to Hardin Memorial…
Identifying the worst member of President Trump’s historically rotten cabinet is akin to picking out the most malodorous skunk at a polecat farm. The senses reel. Literally. Amazingly, despite the presence of jaw-dropping incompetents like Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, one contender is lapping the field and, to…
Beechwood Independent School District launched a student exchange program this school year and is currently hosting five students from China in its classrooms. The program was developed out of the relationship with the school’s sister school in Xi’an, China and is coordinated through the Confucius Institute at the University of Kentucky. “Northern Kentucky universities and…
By Ryan Clark NKyTribune reporter When Tom West was hired on as the city’s economic development director this winter, he made it a point that he did not want projects to sit around and gather dust. He wanted to hit the ground running. It looks like he’s taken off. At its caucus meeting Tuesday, commissioners…
Part 1 of a continuing series on the 50th anniversary of one of America’s great watershed years, 1968. By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune In 1968, I was only eight years old. Yet my parents, my teachers, my uncle, and newspaper and television journalists made me acutely aware that I was living through one…
New Riff Distilling, which helped establish Northern Kentucky as an official Gateway to the popular Kentucky Bourbon Trail®, has received meetNKY |Northern Kentucky CVB’s prestigious Star of Tourism Award. New Riff Distilling, which operates a distillery and events center in Newport, attracts thousands of visitors to NKY and is scheduled to begin selling its first bottles of…
After a messy March, filled with snow squalls and cold rains, the weather is beginning to warm up, just in time for Kentucky’s spring wild turkey season. The weather forecast for April in Central Kentucky is near normal to slightly below normal daytime temperatures, with above normal nighttime temperatures, and much less rainfall than in…
By Keven Moore Special to NKyTribune The days where George Jetson hops in his flying saucer-like car from his Skypad Apartments in Orbit City to go to work at Spacely’s Space Sprockets may still a bit seem farfetched, but we are closer than you would have ever imagined. A world where traffic jams and road…
By Don Owen NKyTribune reporter A former Cincinnati Reds great will be officially welcomed to Newport as a new business owner on Friday prior to Opening Day. Browning’s on York will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday at 323 York Street. An official welcome to the city will be issued by Newport Mayor Jerry Peluso at…
By Ryan Clark NKyTribune reporter When Covington City Manager David Johnston was hired last year, he was surprised to find the city had a recent history of decision-making that seemed to err on the side of saving money — sometimes at a detriment to providing services. Then again, it was easy to understand. There was…
As a life-long resident of Northern Kentucky with more than 40 years of experience in residential and commercial development, I want to set the record straight about the misinformation spread throughout Villa Hills during the rezoning process for our proposed development on property owned by the Benedictine Sisters of St. Walburg Monastery. The Benedictine Sisters…
NKyTribune staff The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) District 6 office provides periodic update on road projects and conditions in the region. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 6 would like the public to be aware of the following conditions and/or operations that are being reported for highways in District Six. Motorists should be aware of possible delays or…
