The Boone County Fiscal Court approved a zoning text amendment requested by Paul Hemmer Companies on behalf of the Kenton County Airport Board which currently owns the more than 108-acre site on the east side of Bullittsville Road. The property was changed from agricultural to industrial. Paul Hemmer has also requested a concept development plan […]
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NKY Libraries to Reopen on Monday
The libraries of Boone, Campbell, and Kenton counties are set to reopen on Monday after shuttering due to new COVID-19-related restrictions. The Boone County Public Library said that all fines for overdue items are waived indefinitely. All returned items are quarantined for three days, the library said. All but one Boone County library branch reopens […]
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Duke Energy Work to Disrupt Traffic in Kenton, Boone Counties
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) announced Sunday two road projects that will disrupt traffic flow this week. A rolling road block on I-275 in Kenton County is planned and traffic will be temporarily slowed and possibly stopped, KYTC said. Duke Energy is pulling wires across the interstate between Turkeyfoot Road and Madison Pike to upgrade […]
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Boone Library Seeks City Partnership in Expanding WiFi Access to Students
The Boone County Public Library launched a pilot program to provide greater access to the internet for Boone County Schools students. Library Executive Director Carrie Hermann explained the program at Tuesday night’s Florence city council meeting. The program is called the WiFi Mesh Network. Hermann said that 10 percent of students in the large district […]
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Boone Fiscal Court OKs Agreement for Possible Real ID Site
The Boone County fiscal court met virtually last week and adopted a resolution to enter into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet authorizing reimbursable funding for construction to connect existing sections of First Financial Drive in an unincorporated part of the county. The road is not particularly long and the […]
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Boone Fiscal Court Explores Two Large Commercial, Industrial Developments
Two sites of more than 108 and 166 acres in Boone County is poised to be home to an industrial and commercial development. The fiscal court listened to a first reading of an ordinance changing the zoning map from agricultural estate to industrial one planned development near 5208 Bullittsville Road on the smaller site. The […]
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Boone County Election Results Selected for State Audit
Boone County is one of six from across the state selected to undergo post-general election audits, Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced. The Attorney General’s Department of Criminal Investigations (DCI) will conduct inquiries into Fleming, Hickman, Lawrence, Livingston, Anderson, and Boone counties to determine if any irregularities occurred during the 2020 general election. Kentucky law requires the […]
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Boone County Road Expected to Close Permanently
A section of Vesper Lane in Petersburg will be closed, per a pending decision by the Boone County Fiscal Court last week. The street, which is gated and has been closed for twenty years, has two owners, Martin Marietta Materials, and the Vesper family. The street is about 100 feet from Kentucky 20 and the county […]
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Boone County Expected to Approve Zoning for Two New Large Industrial Buildings
The Boone County Fiscal Court is in solid financial shape, County Administrator Jeff Earlywine proclaimed last week after his presentation on the first quarter of the new fiscal year, which covers the months of July, August, and September. The county has seen a decrease in revenue of about 8.5-percent, though it had anticipated nearly twice […]
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Boone Co. Schools Announces Plan to Include More In-Person Instruction
Boone County Schools announced Wednesday that it would be adjusting its instructional model to include more in-person instruction, combining its two hybrid groups starting Thursday, October 29. Superintendent Matthew L. Turner, in a letter to families and employees within the district, said that arriving at the decision was difficult due to the increase in COVID-19 […]
