From the Kentucky League of Cities Kentucky cities are facing an estimated collective budget shortfall of $85 million in Fiscal Year 2020 as a result of lost tax, utility, and other revenues due to COVID-19. A Kentucky League of Cities (KLC) study conducted last week shows many municipalities will be forced to take drastic action to make up […]
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NKY COVID-19 Cases Reach 700; Retail, Church Guidelines Revealed
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Northern Kentucky reached 700 on Friday. Meanwhile, Governor Andy Beshear announced details on the resumption of retail and houses of worship services, as well as manufacturing, construction, government offices and agencies, and funeral services. Also on Friday, the Kentucky Baptist Convention and the Kentucky Council of Churches voiced their […]
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Indoor Dining at Restaurants, Movie Theaters, Gyms, Child Care Set to Resume
Gov. Andy Beshear announced new target dates for reopening parts of the economy, including restaurants, movie theaters, fitness centers, child care centers, youth sports, and campgrounds. This is all contingent on the state of the virus. “We have been up against big adversaries here in Kentucky. We are going to succeed against this adversary as well,” […]
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Latonia Shopping Center Turns to Tech for $7 Million Redevelopment
The former Value City and Burlington store locations in the Latonia Plaza II will be renovated to house two rapidly growing and related firms. ReGadget and Blair Technology Group announced in a virtual press conference with the City of Covington, their plans to invest $7 million into a new work space that begins a shift […]
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26 New COVID-19 Cases Confirmed in NKY as State Announces Highest Daily Total
Northern Kentucky reported twenty-six additional confirmed COVID-19 cases on Tuesday as the Commonwealth of Kentucky reported its highest single-day total yet, 625. 309 of those state cases are in the Green River Correctional Facility in Muhlenberg County. In Jefferson County, the state’s youngest person to die of causes related to the disease was reported by […]
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Federal Judge Upholds Beshear’s Church Order but Goes Against Travel Ban
A federal judge in Covington granted a preliminary injunction Monday in a case against Governor Andy Beshear’s ban on Kentuckians traveling to other states for nonessential reasons, but also denied such an injunction against the governor’s ban on in-person church gatherings, instituted as part of the methods to slow the spread of COVID-19. Judge William […]
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NKY COVID-19 Cases Top 600; 6 More Deaths Reported
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Northern Kentucky climbed above 600 on Monday when seventeen new cases were reported. The Northern Kentucky Health Department also reported six additional deaths, bringing the four-county region’s total to 40. The deaths included four Kenton County residents (two in their 80s, and two in their 90s), and two […]
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“Prisoners in Our Own Home”: NKY Legislators Join Rally in Frankfort
Hundreds gathered in Frankfort on Saturday afternoon outside the Capitol to protest the stay-at-home orders deployed to slow the spread of COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus which has caused a global pandemic, and similar measures across the country and world. The sea of people included protest signs calling for the impeachment of […]
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Poll: 81% of Kentuckians Approve of Beshear’s Handling of Pandemic
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear received overwhelmingly high marks from respondents to a poll that asked about federal and state governments’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as personal behavior during the pandemic, and the impact of it on individuals. The poll, conducted nationally by researchers at Harvard, Northeastern, and Rutgers universities, broke down its […]
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Some Businesses Set to Reopen in Kentucky; 32 More COVID-19 Cases in NKY
Some businesses will begin to reopen in May, and in-person religious and limited social gatherings will resume as well, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced on Wednesday. The governor laid out a cautious plan, more details of which are expected later, that included the reopening of some business sectors that had been shuttered as part of the […]