Kentucky overdose deaths stayed steady in 2013, while the number of deaths attributed to heroin continued to climb, according to a report issued this week by the Office of Drug Control Policy. The report indicates 1,007 overdose fatalities in 2013, compared to 1,004 identified in the 2012 report. Of the 722 deaths autopsied by the […]
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Boone, Kenton, Campbell Have Lowest Unemployment in Kentucky
Unemployment rates fell in 117 of Kentucky’s 120 counties between June 2013 and June 2014, while three county rates went up, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training, an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Boone County recorded the lowest jobless rate in the Commonwealth at 5.5 percent. It was […]
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Boone, Kenton, Campbell Have Lowest Unemployment in Kentucky
Unemployment rates fell in 117 of Kentucky’s 120 counties between June 2013 and June 2014, while three county rates went up, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training, an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Boone County recorded the lowest jobless rate in the Commonwealth at 5.5 percent. It was […]
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Two from Northern Kentucky Win Governor’s Awards for Volunteering
Two women from Northern Kentucky were among the fourteen groups and individuals from across the Commonwealth honored for their volunteer and service contributions at a ceremony in Frankfort lasts week. Governor Steve Beshear and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services Deputy Secretary Eric Friedlander presented the Governor’s Award for Volunteerism and Service at the […]
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Two from Northern Kentucky Win Governor’s Awards for Volunteering
Two women from Northern Kentucky were among the fourteen groups and individuals from across the Commonwealth honored for their volunteer and service contributions at a ceremony in Frankfort lasts week. Governor Steve Beshear and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services Deputy Secretary Eric Friedlander presented the Governor’s Award for Volunteerism and Service at the […]
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Police: Man Stole Lawnmowers, Weed Eaters to Feed Heroin Habit
A man is behind bars after allegedly stealing lawn mowers, weed eaters, leaf blowers, and a power washer. Damian Ewing, 25, is in the Boone County Detention Center facng charges of flagrant non-support, absconding probation & parole warrants, theft by unlawful taking (over $500), theft of identification, and giving an officer false information. The thefts […]
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Police: Man Stole Lawnmowers, Weed Eaters to Feed Heroin Habit
A man is behind bars after allegedly stealing lawn mowers, weed eaters, leaf blowers, and a power washer. Damian Ewing, 25, is in the Boone County Detention Center facng charges of flagrant non-support, absconding probation & parole warrants, theft by unlawful taking (over $500), theft of identification, and giving an officer false information. The thefts […]
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Creation Museum: Newspaper Ignored Us in List of Summer Destinations
The director of the Creation Museum in Boone County is accusing what he calls the secular media of keeping his facility out of the public eye. Specifically, Ken Ham, of Answers in Genesis, the organization behind the museum and the forthcoming Ark Encounter in Grant County, is targeting The Cincinnati Enquirer. “Recently our Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper had a […]
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Creation Museum: Newspaper Ignored Us in List of Summer Destinations
The director of the Creation Museum in Boone County is accusing what he calls the secular media of keeping his facility out of the public eye. Specifically, Ken Ham, of Answers in Genesis, the organization behind the museum and the forthcoming Ark Encounter in Grant County, is targeting The Cincinnati Enquirer. “Recently our Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper had a […]
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Northern Kentucky Sites Part of New State Book Celebrating Conservation
A new book by award-winning nature photographer Dr. Thomas G. Barnes celebrates the properties that have been purchased with the assistance of the Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund (KHLCF) during its first twenty years. Kentucky, Naturally displays hundreds of beautiful photographs of the state’s protected lands, providing detailed descriptions of each site, including the natural flora […]
