The Boone County Planning and Zoning Commission voted against a zoning map amendment switching an agricultural estate to a suburban residential planned development The zone change would allow for 160 multi-family residential units within three buildings, 55 attached single-family residential units within nine buildings, five detached single-family residential dwellings, and community amenity areas. Last year, […]
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LINK nky Daily Headlines: Thursday, March 2, 2023
Plenty has been going on in Northern Kentucky this week. If you’re eager to keep up, sit back, relax and take a listen to today’s headlines.
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Florence extends contract with Rumpke: Here’s what that means for your bill
The city of Florence has decided to extend the city’s solid waste contract with Rumpke for two more years. At Tuesday’s Florence City Council meeting, Mayor Julie Metzger Aubuchon requested a motion to allow her to provide written a notice extending the city’s solid waste contract with Rumpke for two years beginning on April 1. The […]
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Confusion leads to the renaming of Graves Road in Boone County
Four sections of Graves Road remained in Boone County, leaving residents, travelers and even emergency services confused after the completion of New Graves Road. Tuesday, at the Boone County Fiscal Court, the court addressed this issue and discussed a resolution to rename the roads to avoid further confusion and similarity. One long-time Graves Road resident […]
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A look back at Jeff Earlywine’s 41 years in public service: ‘Local government is where the rubber hits the road’
After 17 years as the Boone County Administrator and 41 years in public service, Jeff Earlywine will hang his beloved hat and retire on July 31. “Local government is the level that’s closest to the people,” Earlywine told LINK nky. “I think it’s the level where you are afforded the opportunity to have the greatest […]
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LINK nky Daily Headlines: Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023
Plenty has been going on in Northern Kentucky this week. If you’re eager to keep up, sit back, relax and take a listen to today’s headlines.
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Florence 2022 annual report: what arrived, what’s to come
The city of Florence has released its 2022 annual report, where they shared the new businesses that opened around the area in 2022 as well as some stats about the people that call it home. Florence’s current population sits at 32,199. Of that population, the median household income in the year of 2022 was $51,766. […]
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Officials say water in Boone County is safe to drink
Boone County Judge/Executive Gary Moore wanted to put tap water concerns to rest at a fiscal court meeting on Tuesday. Concern around water safety comes just weeks after a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio where toxic chemicals were released into the air and eventually waterways. “While it’s a substantial distance to the north, the […]
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Florence fitness instructor survives widow-maker heart attack: ‘Life is so fragile’
February is American Heart Month and one Florence woman is emphasizing this even more with her story of surviving the unimaginable. “All the times I showed up for a workout class and trained, I was really training for this day, when it truly really mattered and I didn’t even know it,” CycleBar and yoga instructor […]
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28-year member of Boone County School Board to serve as president of state-wide association
She’s been a Northern Kentucky resident since 1986 and became Boone County School Board member not too long after. For 28 years, Karen Byrd has served the families of Boone County Schools. Byrd’s desire and passion to serve hasn’t yet dwindled, and when she sat down to talk to the Kentucky School Board she said, […]