Newport’s old steel mill site, which has been vacant for roughly 25 years, could be the location of an $80 million development. Developer PLK Communities is proposing 195 apartments, a commercial pickleball facility, funding for tree planting, and collaboration with the city on a bike and pedestrian safety study. The site is 17.23 acres, located […]
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Details, renderings of Newport Ovation revealed
Newport leaders recently announced plans for a major development, originally planned over a decade ago. Ovation, which sits on a 25-acre site along the Ohio and Licking Rivers in Newport, near the Covington Fourth Street Bridge and newly completed connector of Route-9, will house shops, restaurants, a riverfront park and a $40 million dollar concert […]
Merry Christmas: The northern section of KY 9 in Newport to open December 21
The northern section of the KY 9 expansion project in Newport will be open Thursday afternoon, Dec. 21 – just in time for Christmas. This project, the second of three phases, begins at 5th Street to the Taylor Southgate Bridge. The project includes two roundabouts: one at the end of the 4th Street/Veteran’s Bridge and […]


