A Kenton County man had died from a flu-related illness, the Northern Kentucky Health Department reported this week. He is the fifth Northern Kentucky flu-related death of the season. Kentucky is reporting flu at the sporadic level, meaning that small numbers of flu cases or a single outbreak has been reported, but there is no […]
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State Extends Health Care Enrollment by One Week
After 12,000 people signed up for Kentucky’s kynect program, part of the federal Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act that extends health care opportunities to more Americans, the state is adding seven days of chances for more to enroll for those applicants who may have had difficulty completing the process. The open enrollment period ended […]
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State Extends Health Care Enrollment by One Week
After 12,000 people signed up for Kentucky’s kynect program, part of the federal Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act that extends health care opportunities to more Americans, the state is adding seven days of chances for more to enroll for those applicants who may have had difficulty completing the process. The open enrollment period ended […]
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State Launches Reforestation, Aims to Plant 20 Million Seedlings
Kentucky volunteer organizations, including the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, are joining utility companies from across the Commonwealth in an effort to reforest thousands of acres of land over the next two decades. The initiative, Kentucky’s 20/20 Vision for Reforestation, was highlighted today as Gov. Steve Beshear joined Scouts, officials with the Kentucky Division of Forestry […]
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State Launches Reforestation, Aims to Plant 20 Million Seedlings
Kentucky volunteer organizations, including the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, are joining utility companies from across the Commonwealth in an effort to reforest thousands of acres of land over the next two decades. The initiative, Kentucky’s 20/20 Vision for Reforestation, was highlighted today as Gov. Steve Beshear joined Scouts, officials with the Kentucky Division of Forestry […]
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App Developed at NKU Aids Evaluation of Creek Water Quality
NKU biology students and Villa Madonna High School students conducted a stream evaluation at Three Mile Creek near the NKU campus March 25. To evaluate the stream, samples of macroinvertebrates, water and fish were collected. The group then input the data collected into a Water Quality App developed at NKU. The app includes stream study […]
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App Developed at NKU Aids Evaluation of Creek Water Quality
NKU biology students and Villa Madonna High School students conducted a stream evaluation at Three Mile Creek near the NKU campus March 25. To evaluate the stream, samples of macroinvertebrates, water and fish were collected. The group then input the data collected into a Water Quality App developed at NKU. The app includes stream study […]
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12,000 Sign Up for Health Care in Kentucky on Final Day
After a huge surge of applications in the final days, more than 370,000 Kentuckians enrolled in new healthcare coverage through kynect since Oct. 1. While open enrollment was scheduled to end at midnight on March 31, Kentuckians who encountered trouble completing or starting an application due to high demand will be able to complete enrollment starting April 4 through midnight April […]
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12,000 Sign Up for Health Care in Kentucky on Final Day
After a huge surge of applications in the final days, more than 370,000 Kentuckians enrolled in new healthcare coverage through kynect since Oct. 1. While open enrollment was scheduled to end at midnight on March 31, Kentuckians who encountered trouble completing or starting an application due to high demand will be able to complete enrollment starting April 4 through midnight April […]
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12,000 Sign Up for Health Care in Kentucky on Final Day
After a huge surge of applications in the final days, more than 370,000 Kentuckians enrolled in new healthcare coverage through kynect since Oct. 1. While open enrollment was scheduled to end at midnight on March 31, Kentuckians who encountered trouble completing or starting an application due to high demand will be able to complete enrollment starting April 4 through midnight April […]