What you need to know Northern Kentucky University’s most recent financial audit showed a budget surplus of roughly $3.3 million in fiscal year 2025, about two and a half years after the university suffered a $24 million deficit. Additionally, said CFO Chris Calvert, the university sported $7.3 million in positive cash flow in fiscal year […]
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Covington to investigate safety, monetary costs of drinking area
What you need to know The Covington Board of Commissioners cast a 2 to 1 vote Tuesday night in favor of investigating the financial and safety risks of implementing an outdoor drinking area in the city. The vote was peculiar in that it did not appear on the meeting’s agenda; instead, it occurred after one […]
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NKU to cut down remote work, offer buyouts to tenured faculty
What you need to know Northern Kentucky University is set to implement a new policy starting Jan. 1 that will require administrators, staff, student-employees and other non-faculty employees to be on campus five days a week. This will effectively curb remote work across much of the university. The change will not affect faculty and advisors. […]
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NKY’s workforce is shrinking. How will the region respond?
What you need to know “Everyone that’s going to enter the labor market in the next 15 years has been born,” said Janet Harrah, senior director of the Center for Economic Analysis and Development at Northern Kentucky University. Harrah met with LINK nky to discuss ongoing labor and workforce trends in Northern Kentucky, which in […]
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School ratings released: Find out how your district did
Click here to jump straight down to the ratings. The Kentucky Department of Education released its 2024-2025 Assessment and Accountability results this week, which measures overall academic performance and preparedness at public school districts in the commonwealth. This is the third full year of Kentucky’s new accountability system, which was established in statute in 2020. […]
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Massie updates Kenton County mayors on Epstein file release
What you need to know Congressman Thomas Massie, a Republican House representative whose district encompasses Northern Kentucky, spoke before the Kenton County Mayors Group Saturday morning, updating them about various things going on at the federal level. Massie discussed several topics, including his work on various congressional committees, the government shut down and perhaps most […]
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Local Catholics call for immigration reform after bishops’ message
Local Catholics gathered at St. Mary’s Park on Madison Avenue in Covington late Thursday morning to speak out against immigration policies, both locally and nationally. The event coincided with the Feast of St. Francis Xavier Cabrini, the first American to be canonized by the Vatican, and followed a recent special message from the United States […]
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Report details reasons for Covington police officer’s suspension
What you need to know Last week, Covington Police Chief Justin Wietholter addressed the Covington Board of Commissioners to inform them that officer Zachary Stayton, filmed repeatedly punching a protester during a chaotic encounter with demonstrators on the Roebling Bridge in July, would be placed on a 30-day unpaid suspension. The address was short, both […]
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Easterseals provides tech tools for people with disabilities
November is Assistive Technology Awareness Month. What’s assistive technology? LINK nky went down to the newly renovated Easterseals Redwood Assistive Technology Resource Center late in October to find out. “We have just about any kind of assistive technology that you can think of,” said the center’s Administrative Assistant Brandie Roberts. Assistive technology refers to specialized […]
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Park Hills postpones vote on public comments, meeting structure
What you need to know “I should be firmer in these meetings,” said Park Hills Mayor Kathy Zembrodt at Monday’s City Council meeting, where the community learned she had removed a proposed ordinance from the meeting agenda that would codify rules and procedures on how to structure the council meetings per the advice of City […]