Staff report Revitalization of the Brent Spence Bridge corridor has been a topic of discussion for decades. The bridge is carrying twice the traffic it was designed for and is a notorious chokepoint for commuters. Between federal and state action there’s an opportunity to revitalize the Brent Spence Bridge corridor and invest in critical regional…
Jack Moreland has announced his retirement as president of Southbank Partners, the community and economic development organization for Northern Kentucky’s river cities he has led for the past 11 years. He will be replaced by Will Weber, who has led the Campbell County Economic Development Office for the past three years and also serves as…
The City of Dayton City Council is seeking to fill a vacancy created on City Council when City Council Member Tammy Cornett resigned from city council on Feb. 2. Under Kentucky law, a city council has 30 days to fill any vacancy on its legislative body. If this vacancy is not filled by city council…
By Chris Cole Special to NKyTribune We arrive this week at the section of the 1952 Boy Scouts Handbook that covers grassland, forest and desert exploration, and the various plant and animal species a young scout might encounter during an exploration of their neighborhood. Growing up in Newport, my exposure to plants and animals was…
By Ryan Clark NKyTribune reporter In the past, Covington was always known as a river-based, manufacturing town. Now, there’s a new economic sector that produces the most jobs in the city — finance and insurance. Over 20 percent of the jobs in the city are in those realms, Mayor Joseph U. Meyer said at Tuesday…
The David C. Herriman Fund of Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF) has granted its third annual arts funding awards, totaling $226,000, to three regional arts organizations: Cincinnati Opera, Q-Kidz and ish Festival. This is the third year for the Herriman grants, which will be awarded annually to arts organizations in the eight-county GCF funding region —…
By Ryan Clark NKyTribune reporter COVINGTON – “A fantastic win.” “A feather in Covington’s cap.” “Very positive.” That’s how city officials described the development incentive agreement with Protective Life Insurance Co. Tuesday night, when commissioners agreed to put the proposal on next week’s consent agenda, effectively clearing the path for yet another company to relocate…
Brothers Ken, Bob and Joe Heil — south Newport natives who operate some of Northern Kentucky’s best-known businesses — have purchased the former Campbell Lodge Boys Home property and plan to develop the site into Altura Estates, a custom-home community that offers spectacular views of the Ohio River valley. Nestled atop a lush vista 300 feet…
The story had everything you could want: a young, gifted and nationally acclaimed athlete is brutally murdered at a swanky, southern country club in the middle of the night. The crime is reported on the front page of The New York Times and in newspapers around the world. A national manhunt for those responsible ensues….
What? What’s wrong with you? Why would you do that? Along with a very confused look, that pretty much sums up the beginning of every conversation I have about the Falls 100 ultramarathon. Then it switches gears and I’m asked, do you eat? What do you eat? Do you sleep? Are there breaks? Yes, tons…
In 1920, the United States ratified the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote. Join author and historian Paul A. Tenkotte as he explores the astounding stories of the success of Northern Kentucky’s suffrage leaders in the next virtual NKY History Hour at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 30. To register and participate, click here….
By Tracy Staley The Daily Yonder When I think of Christmas back home, I’m five years old at my great-grandmother’s tiny house on Browns Fork. The 10-minute drive from our house in town to hers in the country was just long enough to feel like we were going somewhere. Inside we would join a mess…
Last of an occasional series By Tabari McCoy NKY Chamber of Commerce Sunshine, lemonade, swimming, grills aplenty … These are among the things we think of when it comes to summer, especially when the cold, frozen tundra of winter leaves many of us longing for warmer weather. But with so many great places throughout the…
The brown trout (Salmo trutta) is a European species that has been widely introduced. In April 1884, the U.S. Fish Commission, released 4,900 brown trout fry into the Baldwin River, a tributary of the Pere Marquette River in Michigan. This was the first release of brown trout into U.S. waters. By 1900, 38 states had…
The City of Highland Heights has hired Michael Giffen, who currently serves as the city administrator in Dayton, as its first full-time city administrator since the 1980s. “Our city is in the big leagues now in terms of growth and economic development opportunities and we need an experienced professional to help guide us through these…
By Ryan Clark NKyTribune reporter It seems all the members of the Covington Commission have heard it, with the Mayor included. Now, he says, they’re trying to do something about it. People are irate because there is too much traffic coming through town. When the Brent Spence Bridge was closed Nov. 11 due to a…
By Matt Becher Boone County Government If you look at the “Streets & Points of Interest Map” of Boone County, the landscape rolls up from the Ohio River for some miles before apparently falling off earth’s edge at the county’s eastern boundary. The exception is that part of the City of Walton leaking into Kenton…
By Ryan Clark NKyTribune reporter It was 2007. Two imaginative young entrepreneurs had just moved from New York to San Francisco and noticed there was a severe shortage of hotel rooms for major events. So they created a website and decided to rent out their own apartment — they even provided breakfast in the morning….
After it looked like a Grinch called COVID-19 would steal this year’s holiday celebration on the Purple People Bridge, a Christmas “wish” tree that stands about 25-feet tall and more than 15 feet in diameter will grace the bridge along with 1,000 festive lights that will illuminate the length of the bridge and the Riverwalk at…
In this classic work, Richard Taylor artfully assembles passages from diaries, travel accounts, biographies, poems and monologues to tell the story of Simon Girty (1741-1818), branded as a notorious traitor, and one of the most hated men in the Ohio River Valley and Kentucky frontier. Girty survived important battles in two wars that had a…
By Natalie Hamren NKyTribune reporter Before Northern Kentucky University President Ashish Vaidya came to NKU, he knew of its importance to the region. Even when he was working and living in California, he knew that NKU was a regionally-engaged university that serves not only to benefit its students but the community as well. This was…
As if running up the score on an overfunded and overrated Democratic opponent wasn’t sufficient, supporters of Senate Majority Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch” McConnell now apparently want you to believe the lawmaker who revels in being called the Grim Reaper is really as lovable as a warm puppy. Scott Jennings, a top-notch GOP operator, recently penned…
