Covington set its new property tax rates Tuesday night. The city’s real estate property tax rate has decreased, whereas the rate on personal property, also called tangible property, has increased. The new real estate property tax rate is $0.262 per $100 of property valuation, down from last year’s rate of $0.287 per $100 of property […]
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Thomas More’s Biology Field Station wins grants for research and conservation
Thomas More University’s Biology Field Station, a university research and educational facility along the Ohio River in Campbell County, has received two major grants. The first is a roughly $194,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research advancement. The second is a $7,500 from the National Wildlife Federation and Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom […]
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Newport High School students to help paint Newport’s new floodwall murals
Newport High School students will join local artist, Peyton Harshfield, for a “Community Paint Day” supporting the city of Newport’s floodwall mural project. Using a paint-by-numbers-style process, more than a dozen students will help paint portions of the murals while learning about the creation of public art and the history represented in the project. The […]
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Fort Thomas forensic audit finds more than $847K in cash discrepancies
Fort Thomas recently reviewed a draft forensic audit that revealed a larger total of unrecorded discrepancies in the city’s general fund than originally discovered. On Monday, the draft of the forensic audit, conducted by Dean Dorton Allen Ford, PLLC earlier this year, was shared during the city council meeting. The audit revealed over $847,000 in […]
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Major door, front-end security firm considers moving to region
UPDATE: The city agreed to the incentive agreement on Sept. 22, 2026. The purchase of the relevant property, however, had not yet taken place as of that date, according to county property records.–LINK nky, Sept. 23, 2026. Innovative Opening Solutions, a Norwood-based security, door and window designer, is considering moving its headquarters to Northern Kentucky. […]
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Roebling to undergo brief closures this week
The Roebling Bridge will undergo brief periodic closures this week to allow crews to inspect the structural components of the bridge. The inspections will take place from Aug. 17 through Aug. 21. Although the inspections will not require a complete closure of the bridge, there will be periods throughout the week when drivers will not […]
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Crestview Hills approves tax rate increase
The Crestview Hills City Council approved a property rate tax increase at last week’s meeting. Council conducted the first reading of an ordinance that would set the city’s 2026 property tax rate at $0.159 per $100 of assessed property value. Officials said the rate combines the compensating tax rate with an additional 4 percent and […]
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E-bike regulations may soon be spreading across Kenton County
Kenton County leaders may soon be taking cues from Fort Mitchell, which will begin the process of regulating e-bikes this week. At the meeting of the Kenton County Mayors Group Saturday, Fort Mitchell Mayor Greg Pohlgeers agreed to share the text of the upcoming regulations with other elected officials, many of whom expressed concerns about […]
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Ludlow discusses potential e-bike and e-scooter ordinance
Ludlow city council discussed the need for a potential ordinance after members described issues they have personally observed with e‑bikes and e‑scooters at last week’s meeting. Mayor Sarah Thompson said she wanted to bring up concerns, and that city attorneys Michelle Eviston and Zach Smith are currently working on this. Thompson said that it is […]
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Covington’s native plant giveaway returns in September
Covington’s fall native plant giveaway event will return in early September. The event will see the distribution of one free native plant to Covington residents. A similar event took place in the spring. “After seeing how excited residents were to participate in our spring giveaway, we knew we had to bring it back,” Covington Parks […]
