Fort Thomas residents are gathering this Friday to clean up the trails at Highland Hills Park. Many Fort Thomas residents have witnessed—and enjoyed—the transformation of local parks. “The city has worked extremely hard on getting all the parks in Fort Thomas beautified,” says resident Jeff Mohr. “The multi-year renovation to Tower and Rossford over the […]
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Storm Knocks Out Power Again in Fort Thomas (7-14-15)
A quick burst of storms came through Fort Thomas around 4:00 p.m. Tuesday. Yesterday, Duke Energy worked to restore power for thousands and for over 960 customers they did not have power until this afternoon.
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Fort Thomas City Council Moves Forward with Street Repair Program, Paves Way to Replace Program (5-18-15)
Fort Thomas City Council. FTM file. The biggest bit of news that came out of Monday’s council meeting was that the city has selected a developer for the VA homes through a Request For Qualifications process. Aside from that, there was a lot of business on the agenda, with council approving three ordinances. Two were […]
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Duke Energy to Begin Required Gas Line Inspections in Fort Thomas
Required inspections of residential gas lines will begin next month./CC City Administrator Don Martin announced earlier this month that he has been contacted by Duke Energy regarding upcoming, required gas line inspections throughout the city of Fort Thomas.
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BREAKING: Duke Energy Reporting Wide-Spread Outages in Campbell County
UPDATE: Duke is now reporting no outages in Campbell County. [9/8/14 3:00 p.m. E.D.T.] Duke Energy is currently reporting on their outages page that Campbell County is currently experiencing nearly 1,500 outages. In Fort Thomas, this includes the high school and middle school buildings, as well as much of the properties on and around N. […]
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City Council Round-Up: Property Tax Increase, VA Homes Update
UPDATE: This story has been updated to include City Administrator Don Martin’s comments on the decreased appraised value of the VA Homes. – Ed. By Gina Holt, FTM City Reporter New police officers, a proposed cell tower, a city-wide property tax increase, and the VA homes are just a few of the topics that were […]
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Duke Energy Reports Fuel, Oil Spill into Ohio River
Just after 11 p.m. Monday night, during a routine transfer of fuel oil at the W.C. Beckjord Station in New Richmond, Ohio, approximately 5,000 gallons of fuel were inadvertently discharged into the Ohio River. Duke Energy owns and operates the majority of the facility.
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Duke Energy to Fort Thomas: Inspectors Will Not Be Duke Employees.
Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. will be performing inspections on our gas metering equipment and piping located inside buildings in your area. These inspections are required by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) and are necessary for safe natural gas pipeline operations. The inspection involves the gas piping from the building wall to the outlet of […]
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Duke Energy Scam, Please Be Aware
Hat tip from FTM Advertiser, Gangsters Piano Bar. Thanks for passing this along. Duke Energy launched a radio campaign to educate the public about an ongoing payment scam, and what customers should do if targeted. The educational messages will air in English across all six Duke Energy service areas, and also in Spanish in the […]
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This Sucks!
During one of the hottest stretches on record this is the map of outages in the Cincinnati Duke Energy service area. Yesterday’s storm couldn’t have come at a worse time – and notice the large number of blue dots in the Fort Thomas area. This afternoon areas in Fort Thomas that did have power for […]