Covington is a burgeoning incubator for entrepreneurs within Northern Kentucky. Nick Wade, executive director of Renaissance Covington, has wanted to provide more pathways for entrepreneurship within the city. Wade thought a great way to provide prospective shop owners with storefront property. In 2016, Renaissance Covington hosted the “Make Covington Pop!” The program allowed local entrepreneurs […]
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Covington allocates funding for 11 neighborhood improvement projects
The City of Covington will devote funding to 11 neighborhood groups for small improvement projects ranging from planting fruit trees, updating safety signs, and installing dog waste stations. Over $50,000 in funding was passed on the consent agenda at the Covington Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday night, part of the latest round of the […]
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New Riff Distillery wins 10 medals at San Francisco World Spirits competition
The spirits might be new riffs on old traditions, but New Riff Distilling is making a new tradition out of winning award. Newport-based New Riff Distillery earned 10 medals at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. “For us at New Riff, SFWSC is not only the most prestigious spirits competition in the world — it […]
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Businesses, Reds fans gearing up for a day that looked unlikely just two months ago
Baseball is back, folks! Local baseball fans are gearing up for another exciting Reds home opener. Peanuts, hot dogs, beer, and family fun are just around the corner for Northern Kentuckians. We might eve forget that, just two months ago, baseball fans feared the unthinkable: no baseball. As collective bargaining agreement negotiations stalled between Major […]
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Campbell County Public Library seeking applications for Board of Trustees opening
Interested in potentially becoming a member of the Board of Trustees for the Campbell County Public Library? Well, you’re in luck. The library is seeking applications for an opening on its board, which comes at the end of President Tracy Smith’s first term. This is a non-paid, volunteer position. Applications will be accepted through May […]
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Erlanger seeking sponsors for Summer Sendoff festival
The City of Erlanger is looking for sponsors for its second year of the Summer Sendoff festival. Last year marked the first Summer Sendoff event, with live music, food, drinks and fireworks. Mayor Jessica Fette said it’s a family-friendly final farewell to summer and a showcase of what the community has to offer. For its […]
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From co-workers to kidney buddies
Mike O’Bryan and Anne Wolking were co-workers at Sanitation District No. 1 in Fort Wright. They would say hello to one another as they passed each other in the hall or on the elevator, but the two didn’t have much connection aside from being co-workers and Facebook friends. That was until one day, when […]
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St. Elizabeth surpasses 20,000 lung cancer screening milestone
St. Elizabeth Healthcare has now administered over 20,000 lung cancer screenings, a groundbreaking milestone for the regional healthcare provider. Their low-dose CT lung cancer screening program began in 2013 and has continued to grow since then. “We screened seven patients in 2013 and more than 6,000 patients in 2021,” Michael Gieske, Director of the St. […]
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Reporter recounts his own horrors as Child Abuse Prevention Month begins
“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” With that quote from Nelson Mandala and a blessing, Monsignor William Cleves, from Holy Spirit Parish, kicked off Child Abuse Prevention Month of April at Tom Gill Chevrolet in Florence. Sponsored by the Family Nurturing Center, […]
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Newport’s Kirstin Spellman heading to Miss Kentucky USA Pageant
Northern Kentucky student and Newport resident Kirstin Spellman is heading to the Miss Kentucky USA Pageant this Friday and Saturday for her first pageant competition ever.Spellman said she signed up for the pageant on a whim. “I was like, ‘there’s no way I’ll get selected; it’s fine.’ I saw it on Facebook, they were publicizing […]
