Author Archives: Mark Collier

Will issue REAL ID-compliant licenses, IDs as well as standard credentials Candace McGraw, CEO of CVG Airport receives her REAL-ID.  Barre3 Fort Thomas. 90 Alexandria Pike.  Gov. Andy Beshear today announced the opening of a Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) Regional Driver Licensing Office in Burlington, Boone County. It replaces a smaller office in Florence and […]

Kenton County Judge Executive, Kris Knochelmann, is the new Board Char of Blue North. Blue North, Northern Kentucky’s hub for entrepreneurs, startups, creatives, and small businesses, is excited to kick off 2021 by announcing members of its Board of Directors. “We’ve assembled an all-star team to advise and guide Blue North and its offerings to […]

By Joe Heil Nearly 60 years ago, government and business leaders from the City of Cold Spring and Campbell County showed tremendous foresight in charting a future path of prosperity for one of the most desirable parcels of property in the region. The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) organization that sits along Alexandria Pike has been […]

Mentoring Plus, the non-profit mentoring program for at-risk teenagers in Northern Kentucky is presenting its second annual Music Festival, postponed from November and part LIVE and part VIRTUAL, on JAN. 30, 2021, at SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL in Newport at 7 p.m.   The LIVE Show features the LEFTOVERS, with Opening Act, BEN WALZ. Also performing […]

Today, Gov. Andy Beshear announced the state, in partnership with Kroger Health, will open its first regional vaccination site at the Kentucky Horse Park in Fayette County next week. Three additional regional sites are opening through partners Ephraim McDowell Hospital in Danville and Western Baptist and Lourdes Mercy both in Paducah. The Governor also unveiled […]

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) advises motorists the John A. Roebling Bridge will be reduced to a single lane of traffic beginning Monday, Feb. 1, and completely closed to vehicular traffic two weeks later, Feb. 15, for a lengthy restoration project to preserve the 154 year-old historic landmark. The bridge was closed in April 2019 […]

Dr. Steven Stack details new strain and how this will affect Kentucky.  Phone: 859-905-0714 – Email: josh@joshmcintoshlaw.com. This is an advertisement. The Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH) has notified the Northern Kentucky Health Department (NKY Health) that COVID-19 positive test samples from two Kenton County residents in January contain the B.1.1.7 strain. This strain […]

FTM file.  Nominations are now being accepted for the 2021 Kentucky Teacher Awards, sponsored by the Kentucky Department of Education and Valvoline Inc. Any full-time public school teacher in the state with at least three years of experience is eligible. Nominations may be submitted here. Teachers may be nominated by students, parents, teaching peers, principals, […]

@Dylan_Nolte, via Unsplash.  The Kentucky Lottery reported Friday that sales for the first half of FY21 (July 2020 through December 2020) were higher than the first six months of any other fiscal year in the company’s history. Overall sales for the period were $710.3 million, which is $169.5 million (31.3%) more than the same period […]

Steve Franzen.  By Steven J. Franzen, Campbell County Attorney    If you own property, you must pay taxes on that property every year.  While the 2020 tax bills for property located in Campbell County were due on December 31st, you have until April 15th, 2021 to pay your balance before the tax bill becomes delinquent. […]