The Covington Independent Public Schools Board of Education approved a $7.1 million ventilation project for Holmes High School at their meeting last week. The project will see improvements to the ventilation systems throughout the entire building. The new system will draw fresh air into the building and circulate it throughout. It also includes attendant electrical […]
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Kenton County votes to allow public to examine voting machines
The Kenton County Board of Elections voted Monday morning to allow the public and news organizations to view the internal mechanisms of the voting machines the county will use in the 2024 election at a special demonstration early next year. The board set a preliminary date and time for the event as Saturday, Feb. 24 […]
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Homelessness in NKY: Region grapples with how to care for those who are unhoused
This story originally appeared in the Dec. 1, 2023 edition of the LINK Reader. To get stories like this first, subscribe to our weekly print newspaper here. The Cold Shelter The line stretched along the outside of the Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky and into an adjacent alcove. People laden with bags sat on nearby curbs, […]
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Community remembers Covington advocate and benefactor Virginia Kerst
Virginia Kerst, a long-time Covington community advocate and benefactor known for her beautification and preservation efforts, passed away on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. “I always like to tell people, she’s the kind of person [that] when she moved to Covington, she came here because she loved the small city feel,” said Tracy […]
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Covington Mayor Joe Meyer will not seek reelection: ‘It’s time’
Covington Mayor Joe Meyer announced during Tuesday night’s commission meeting that he will not seek reelection for a third term as the city’s head executive. “I have decided that I am not running for a third term,” Meyer said in the commission chambers. “It’s time. It was a difficult decision. I love this city. Of […]
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Covington releases first quarter financials
The City of Covington’s Department of Finance reported on the first quarter of fiscal year 2024, which went from July 1 to Sept. 30, at Tuesday’s board of commissioners meeting. The city’s budget director, Joel Baker, presented the figures to the commission and meeting attendees. All of the figures presented were unaudited–cities must audit their […]
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Holmes High School graduate hosts preseason basketball event
Isaiah Revels, a Holmes High School graduate, hosted a special preseason community basketball event at Holmes High School on Sunday. “It’s cool that I can do this at a school I graduated from,” Revels said. Called the Preseason Tip Off Classic, the event brought together eight high school basketball teams from around the Greater Cincinnati […]
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Understanding NKY’s housing shortage
Listings for two-bedroom condos in Newport’s luxury riverfront housing complex Ovation went up on Zillow this week, with purchase prices starting at $975,000. Nearby on 5th Street, an apartment complex called The Cadence of Newport has two-bedroom apartments listed for $1,495 per month. Yet, many in the community still remember the apartments by their former […]
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Lack of instructors is primary obstacle for NKY police basic training academy, police chiefs say
Taylor Mills Police Chief James Mills Jr. told the Kenton County Mayors Group on Saturday that what he had to say may make them want to run him out of the room. “We are not in a position right now to do basic training here,” he said. Mills, who is also a board member of […]
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Independence approves zoning for new grocery store
The Independence City Council approved a zoning change for a new grocery store development located at the northeast corner of Madison and Harris Pikes by a 5-1 vote Monday night. The development plot is roughly 19 acres and is being developed by Crosland Southeast, a developer out of North Carolina. Greg Steffen was the only […]
