Businesses in Kentucky accepted the seventh lowest amount of Payment Protection Program money in the country, per a study released by smartestdollar.com. PPP Loans came as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic crisis that followed. The pandemic’s negative downstream effects on the United States economy caused the government to pass a […]
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Florence honks hello to new Ford’s Garage location on Houston Road
Ford nostalgia? Check. One hundred different types of beer? Check. Half-pound angus burgers? Check. Whatever a person might need for a night out with their family, Ford’s Garage has them covered. Luckily for Florence residents, a new location just opened at 4911 Houston Road. Today is their first official day of business. The 1920s-themed burger […]
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How Zac Strobl went from the baseball diamond to the incubator
Zac Strobl ended up at Northern Kentucky University on a baseball scholarship. Heading into college, he was solely focused on pitching. “That’s what I was known for,” Strobl told LINK nky. After suffering multiple tears in his pitching arm, he decided to finally hang up his cleats, realizing that his career in baseball wasn’t going […]
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Take a virtual tour of the Covington Central Riverfront Project
Slipping on a virtual reality headset can transport users into a new universe. For curious Northern Kentuckians, VR technology gave an up-close viewing experience to one of the region’s most anticipated real estate developments. Hub+Weber, the architecture firm behind the Covington Central Riverfront Project, hosted a virtual walkthrough of the development at their offices on […]
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Trade classes start this month at Latonia Enzweiler Building Institute
The new Enzweiler Building Institute trade school in Latonia is ready for classes to start on Jan. 31. To help students sign up, an information and enrollment session will be held on Saturday, Jan. 14 beginning at 10 a.m. The host location will be 3901 Winston Ave., just north of the Dollar General in the […]
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Devou Park Disc Golf Course vandalized — again
The Devou Park Disc Golf Course was vandalized once again, nearly three months after it first happened in October. An article posted on the Devou Good Foundation website said the majority of the disc golf baskets were “crushed, bent, or ripped out of the ground.” The Covington Police Department confirmed 14 of the 18 baskets […]
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Manufacturing in Northern Kentucky: ‘We make stuff here’
“We make stuff here,” Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce CEO Brent Cooper said this week when discussing the region’s manufacturing prowess. Northern Kentucky comprises 20% of Greater Cincinnati’s population, but is approximately 35% of its manufacturing base, Cooper said at January’s Eggs ‘N Issues, a monthly business series looking at the state of economics in […]
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One victim in Friday evening double shooting has passed away, announce Covington Police
Updated to include the most recent information at 4:16 p.m. Twenty-three-year old Selvin Orlando Alvarado of Covington, one of the victims of Friday’s double shooting in Covington, passed away at 10:04 a.m. after succumbing to his wounds, according to a press release from the Covington Police Department. Alvarado was previously in critical condition at the […]
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Northern Kentucky real estate developments to keep an eye on in 2023
Northern Kentucky saw several real estate trends throughout 2022 from the revitalization of Newport and Covington’s urban cores to the suburban expansion in rural Boone, Kenton and Campbell Counties, to large logistics companies nailing down prime office space along the Ohio River. Northern Kentucky has been a prime spot for real estate development over the […]
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Mazak expanding Florence footprint with 27,000 square foot assembly plant
Japanese machine manufacturer Mazak has added another large building to its Florence campus. Their new 27,000 square foot SYNCREX Assembly Plant provides engineering, production and applications support for the company’s recently launched SYNCREX Series, which are machine tools designed for the precision production of small parts. “While the building’s name is the SYNCREX Assembly Plant, […]
