Smoke and haze continues to blanket Northern Kentucky as air quality in the region remains at ‘unhealthy’ levels. National Weather Service Wilmington, which covers southeastern Ohio and Northern Kentucky, extended their Air Quality Alert until midnight tonight. The Alert encompasses the Northern Kentucky counties of Boone, Kenton and Campbell, including the cities of Florence, Burlington, Oakbrook, […]
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Unhealthy air quality creating hazy skies in NKY
If you have stepped outside or even looked out your window today, you probably will have noticed something in the air. Wildfires in Canada have brought smoke down across the country, with the worst of it in the Great Lake region rolling down further south. There is currently an Air Quality Alert issued by National […]
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Tornado watch issued for NKY
Northern Kentucky is officially under a tornado watch. The watch was also issued for much of Ohio as well as parts of southwestern Indiana. According to the National Weather Service, storms are moving in that have been producing “baseball-sized hail.” Strong thunderstorms and wind gusts up to 80 mph are also expected to hit the […]
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Here’s your weekend weather forecast
Projections earlier in the week predicted rain this weekend, but the National Weather Service is reporting that after a foggy morning, the clouds should clear and make way for a sunny day. Expect a high of 83 on Saturday, with a low of 57 after the sun goes down. Sunday is also expected to be […]
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Power restored to most of NKY
Power has been restored in most of Northern Kentucky after a storm brought heavy winds through the area Sunday evening. About 3,000 people in NKY were without power at the outage’s peak. Around 200 people are still experiencing outages. You can view Duke’s live outage map below or by visiting their website. The map is […]
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‘Particulate matter’ from Canadian wildfire smoke triggers Air Quality Alert for NKY
Written by Taylor Nimmo for WCPO Most of the Tri-State area is under an air quality alert, as smoke from wildfires in Canada makes its way south into the US. “Here in Greater Cincinnati, we are experiencing elevated levels of what we call particulate matter,” said Joy Landry, with the Southwest Ohio Air Quality Agency. […]
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Air quality issues continue through the weekend
Written by Jennifer Ketchmark for WCPO Air quality continues to be a big story in the Ohio Valley as we head into the weekend. We’re under an Air Quality Alert again for Friday. And the Southwest Ohio Air Quality Agency has extended this alert through Saturday and Sunday too. Temperatures start in the mid 50s […]
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Boone County winter shelter reports highest number served in two years
The Boone County emergency winter shelter, a partnership between the county and Welcome House, saw an uptick in participants in 2022-2023 due to extreme cold weather around Christmas time. Welcome House CEO Danielle Amrine presented a report to the Boone County Fiscal Court at their May 23 meeting. According to the presentation, 167 people were […]
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Tornado watch issued for NKY
While it might be a beautiful day right now, that might just be the calm before the storm as the National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for the region. Per the NWS, the watch is in effect for parts of Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana until 5 p.m. They also added that “additional watches […]
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Over 2K NKY residents without power due to high winds
Over 2,000 Northern Kentucky residents are currently without power due to high winds. According to Duke Energy, around 1,000 residents in Villa Hills and a little over 1,000 in the Highland Heights and Fort Thomas area are experiencing outages. Duke has currently not provided an estimated time of restoration for any NKY outages. The NKY, […]
