Rep. Marianne Proctor of Union will serve on the Kentucky General Assembly’s task force on Certificates of Need, according to an afternoon announcement from House Speaker David Osborne. Legislative leadership created the panel to focus on issues pertaining to the Certificates of Need program, as well as identifying both areas of improvement and potential solutions. […]
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Alexandria to join Kenton County SWAT organization
Alexandria is doing away with their SWAT team and instead will work with Kenton County for those services going forward. Alexandria City Administrator David Plummer said the new agreement would require roughly the same amount of money for operations — $4,000 annually — but would allow the city to spend less time coordinating training schedules, […]
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Understanding Covington’s general fund shortfall: Could working from home be a factor?
The City of Covington has attributed its recent budget shortfalls to rising work-from-home policies. Covington’s Finance Director Steve Webb disclosed during a presentation at a city commission meeting on May 23 that the city’s general fund’s expenditures had exceeded its revenue for the third quarter of the 2023 fiscal year, which ends on June 30. […]
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Pothole patching project on KY 2951 in Boone County starting today
A pothole patching project on KY 295 (Chambers Road) in Boone County is beginning Thursday, June 1, according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 6 Office. Road crews will be working from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, June 1 and on Friday, June 2. Traffic will be stopped incrementally, for approximately 15 minutes […]
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Funke Frommeyer appointed to serve on new statewide task force
Sen. Shelley Funke Frommeyer (R-Alexandria) was tapped to serve on the newly formed Health and Human Services Delivery System Task Force. Funke Frommeyer represents the 24th senate district, including Bracken, Campbell, and Pendleton Counties, as well as part of Kenton County. Formed after the passage of Senate Bill 48, the task force will study the […]
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Overnight lanes closures on Combs-Hehl Bridge in Campbell County tonight
The Combs-Hehl Bridge on I-275 will undergo lane closures beginning at 7 p.m. on May 30 and ending the following morning at 6 a.m., according to a press release from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. The work will allow for crews to re-stripe the road. The closures will reduce eastbound traffic to one lane. For live […]
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10 Kentucky cities to receive $7.9M for environmental cleanup
Gov. Andy Beshear and Energy and Environment Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Goodman announced Tuesday that 10 Kentucky communities and agencies have been selected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, known as the EPA, to receive over $7.9 million in grant funding to assess and clean up “brownfields” – industrial and commercial properties that are known or […]
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Trial date set for two-year-old River Metals Recycling case
After over two years, the case of Commonwealth V. River Metals Recycling, which first saw the light in Campbell County District Court Judge Cameron Blau’s courtroom in January 2021, has been set for a bench trial. The trial is scheduled for July 7 at 9 a.m. in the Campbell County District Court and is expected […]
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Boone County gets first look at concept design for new park’s $6 million office
The Boone County Fiscal Court heard a presentation Thursday for a conceptual design for a new park’s department office. The purpose of the presentation was to give the fiscal court an idea of the capital project so they could decide whether to add the item to the capital budget, as it is an estimated $6.1 […]
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Erlanger considers integrating S.M.A.R.T. goals into community task forces
Erlanger City Council will discuss revising the application requirements for its city task forces at council meetings next month following discussions that occurred at meetings in late April and May. “What I would propose is that if the rest of council agreed with this, that we would revisit every task force that’s existing and fill […]
