NKy Sewer District No. 1 may not raise sewer rates, after years of increases; comment period open
By Mike Rutledge NKyTribune Reporter Thanks to a 2014 Valentine’s Day gift from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and cost-cutting…
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St. E. Healthcare to reduce heroin overdose deaths
First Lady Jane Beshear and Attorney General Jack Conway today announced that heroin/opiate overdose reversal kits will be made available…
Kentucky by Heart: Teacher’s national anthem performance remains memorable
Occasionally, we find ourselves right smack in the presence of an unexpected event that influences our lives for a long…
Photographer Katie Woodring brings special insight, caring to pictures of Covington firefighters at work
By Andy Foltz NKyTribune Reporter Some professions are wrapped in mystique, and capture the imagination. Turn on a TV any…
Wet skies don’t dampen Florence Memorial Day parade and program
By Mark Hansel NKy Tribune Managing Editor The skies opened up Monday morning but could not discourage the crowd that…
Northern Kentucky track teams sweep Class 1A boys’ and girls’ state championships
By Terry Boehmker NKy Tribune sports reporter Northern Kentucky teams swept the Class 1A titles in the high school track…
Five start-up finalists named in Ky Innovation Network pitch competition in NKy, advance to finals
The Kentucky Innovation Network at Northern Kentucky ezone announced today that five companies have been named finalists in the Northern…
Big Bone Lick State Historic Site, celebrated by its Friends, revered by historians worldwide
By Mark Hansel NKyTribune Managing Editor An intimate group of supporters came together at the Cincinnati Museum Center’s Geier Center…
Don Then: Rick Robinson’s newest installment The Advance Man is a first-rate, realistic political thriller
The Advance Man, a political thriller, by Rick Robinson balances the craft of writing with the creativity required to cast…
Paul Long: Running 100 miles in the Florida sun, heat is how some NKy residents spent a day (or more)
It’s safe to say that most people headed to Florida are looking for sand, sea, and sun — lots and…
Historic log cabin is home to thriving Cabin Arts, where Linda Whittenburg teaches fine art of quilting
By Mark Hansel NKyTribune Managing Editor It has been more than 20 years since Linda Whittenburg went from educating public…
Beechwood Schools award four-year contract to new superintendent, Dr. Mike S. Stacey
Melanie Stricker, chair of the Beechwood Board of Education announced that a four-year contract was approved at a special board…
With All-Star game approaching, everyone’s a NKy ‘ambassador,’ but meetNKY wants to ‘certify’ you
Northern Kentucky Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) is participating in a new regional tourism ambassador program that is designed to…
Lions of Kentucky partnering with Head Start to assure all children have free eye screenings
By Andy Foltz NKyTribune Reporter The Lions of Kentucky will partner with the Kentucky Head Start Association to provide free…
Kentucky by Heart: Tiny Wickliffe community has a lot of Hart and many treasured souls
Wickliffe, Kentucky, sets along the Mississippi River, a couple miles from where the Ohio River flows into “Father of the…
Site of new St. E-NorthKey-Sun facility undecided, though Farrell Drive location is apparently out
By Greg Paeth NKyTribune Senior Reporter Covington Mayor Sherry Carran and City Manager Larry Klein sounded certain recently that a…
Triple Crown bid alive as American Pharoah overcomes sloppy track to capture Preakness
Zayat Stables’ American Pharoah romped over the sloppy track at Pimlico Race Course to register a seven-length victory in Saturday’s…
Butch Ostendorf closing Dick’s Standard station’s doors for last time today, after 84 years in Covington
By Andy Foltz NKyTribune Reporter A mainstay of Covington for 84 years will be closing up shop for the final…
As head of ORSANCO Richard Harrison is now focused on clean water along 981 miles of river
By Mike Rutledge NKyTribune Reporter For 27 years, Richard Harrison’s jobs with the Northern Kentucky Water District helped ensure the…
Don Then: University Press of Ky is good resource to find books by Kentucky authors, see latest releases
I enjoy surfing the Internet to find resources for books about Kentucky. Recently I came upon the University Press of…
Beshear celebrates NKy’s contribution to Governor’s Cup, ‘Brainy Bots’ robotics team makes it special
By Mark Hansel NKy Tribune Managing Editor Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear visited Northern Kentucky this morning to celebrate Kentucky’s first…
Our Rich History: Gotta get goetta. What’s that? A mystery food few outside our region ever heard of
(This is part of a regular series especially for the NKyTribune on local history by three distinguished historians, Paul Tenkotte…