The Fort Wright Police Department will host a free internet scam awareness training at the Fort Wright City Building Tuesday night. The training will focus on common scams that employ the internet, email, text messages and phone calls to swindle people out of their money and information. “Officers will walk you through real-life examples and […]
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Fort Wright reviews municipal traffic code
Fort Wright city administration is taking a close look at its municipal traffic code. The city is trying to “clean up” a code with parts that they haven’t examined in decades. “We want to go through this so the code is truly an index of Fort Wright’s traffic ordinances,” Fort Wright City Administrator Jill Cain […]
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What’s that giant structure being built near I-275 in Fort Wright?
What’s that huge structure under construction near Madison Pike, Dudley Road, and I-275 in Fort Wright? It’s a 10.5 million-gallon equalization tank, designed to collect excessive water runoff during extreme weather events. The project is part of Sanitation District 1’s Clean H2O40 program, which aims to end capacity-related sewer overflows throughout its service area by […]
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Get a free Elly De La Cruz shirt by donating blood in Fort Wright
The City of Fort Wright will host a blood donation drive in conjunction with the Hoxworth Blood Center on Sept. 5, and every donor gets a free Elly De La Cruz shirt. The donation drive will take place in the parking lot of the Fort Wright City Building on Kyles Lane. Donations will be collected […]
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Fort Wright road improvements set for September
Various road improvements around Fort Wright are set to begin in September. Specifically, the work will focus on milling and repaving several streets throughout the city: General Drive, Pickett Drive, Pickett Court and George Huser Drive. General Drive and Pickett Drive recently underwent water and utility repairs in advance of the road work. The City […]
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Expanded Fort Wright Walmart parking lot will have fewer spots
What you need to know The Kenton County Planning Commission approved another parking lot expansion request this week for the Walmart Supercenter located on Valleyplaza Parkway in Fort Wright. The move follows an earlier approval in June for an expansion. Although the square footage for the expansion is nearly double that of the initial request, […]
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Fort Wright waste collection fees to increase
Fort Wright residents will receive a higher waste collection bill in 2025. The last renegotiated their waste collection contract in 2023, when the Rumpke contract raised the annual fee to $216 per household. As they did in 2023, the city reached out to several waste collection services. Both Best Way and Republic declined the offer […]
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Erlanger to consider city administrator appointment; Independence revisits leash laws
This week, in NKY government meetings, Erlanger plans to talk about appointing a city administrator, while Independence will discuss its leash laws. What you need to know Keep reading to find out what happened in local government over the past week and what you need to know for this week. What happened last week in […]
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Fort Wright may be getting a new park with creek access
Council member Margie Witt has an idea for establishing a park on Fort Wright public land surrounding a stretch of Banklick Creek, and at the July 16 council meeting, Witt was able to explain her vision. The land Witt referred to is located behind the TANK parking lot in Fort Wright. It includes around .67 […]
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Fort Wright PD to host free internet scam trainings
The Fort Wright Police Department is hosting a free internet scam awareness training this week. The city is touting it as a way for residents to “learn how to protect yourself and your loved ones from the most common scams used by online predators through the internet, phone calls and text messages,” according to an […]
