For the past 10 years, Yelp has compiled a list of its most popular and highly rated restaurants according to its users, then creates a US top 100 restaurants list. This year Newport’s Jot India Restaurant, located at 1709 C. Monmouth St., made the cut. Coming in at number 48 on the list. Jot India […]
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Newport Fire Department utilizing new program to help with vehicle accident clean up costs
The Newport City Commission voted Monday night to execute a services agreement with Fire Recovery USA regarding billing services for the Newport Fire Department. This service agreement will allow the fire department to bill insurance companies for cleanup jobs during accidents they weren’t previously charging for, ultimately bringing in more money for the department. What […]
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Newport City Commission approves bicycle transportation plan for 11th Street Bridge
At the Newport City Commission meeting Monday, the board of commissioners passed an order to execute a bicycle transportation plan agreement with Tri-State Trails in conjunction with the city of Covington. The order comes to the city after the tragic death of Gloria San Miguel, who was killed in a hit-and-run last August on the 11th Street […]
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Campbell County ‘not alone’ in audit findings, state says
Last week’s Campbell County clerk audit report for 2021, which looks into the financials of the clerk’s office, named three categories in which the county did not meet state standards; but the state said the county is “not alone in having these types of audit findings.” State audits of county clerks and sheriffs are required […]
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Dayton to see new development, infrastructure improvements this year
Improvements are planned for Dayton sidewalks and code enforcement this year as new developments are underway in the city. Dayton Mayor Ben Baker delivered his second annual “state of the city” remarks during the city council meeting earlier this month. Baker said the city is seeing growth with new people moving in and making Dayton […]
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Campbell County Board of Education approves salary increase for school district
At the Campbell County Board of Education meeting Tuesday, the board voted to invest approximately $2.2 million to $2.4 million in salary wages for the 2023-2024 school year. The effort began in October last year when the district budget committee worked on an analysis of salaries. The purpose of this committee was to consider all […]
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Southgate recallable nickel tax to go into effect this year
Last year the Southgate Independent School Board approved enforcing a new recallable nickel tax to increase their bonding capacity for facility updates. However, the tax did not go into effect last tax cycle. Instead, the school board voted to push it back to Fiscal Year 2023-2024, which will go into effect this year. The city […]
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NKU has named an interim president
The Northern Kentucky University Board of Regents unanimously voted to appoint Bonita Brown, vice president and chief strategy officer at NKU, as the university’s interim president during their meeting Wednesday. The decision comes after the abrupt departure of former NKU President Ashish Vaidya, which was announced in November. Up until now, the board had yet […]
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NKU floats name for potential interim president
The Northern Kentucky University Board of Regents is expected to consider a resolution to appoint Bonita Brown, vice president and chief strategy officer at NKU, as the university’s interim president at their meeting on Wednesday. The resolution, announced in an agenda sent out Tuesday afternoon, comes after the abrupt departure of former NKU President Ashish Vaidya, […]
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Alejandra Flores brings Honduran coffee to Dayton ‘una taza’ at a time
When Alejandra Flores was 7 years old, her parents sent her to Miami every two years from her home city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, so that she could visit family and “practice her English.” At the time, her 7-year-old self didn’t know that investment into her education to become bilingual would open the door for her […]
