KCTCS celebrates ‘dual credits’ earned by students, real plus for families; NKY among leaders overall
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The Kentucky Community and Technical College System continues to celebrate Community College Month by recognizing the 27,454 dual credit students from 354 high schools who enrolled in KCTCS last fall.
Representing 35% of total fall enrollments, these students earned a combined 142,624 credit...
Prichard Committee achieves 79 percent of Big Bold Ask goal driving ‘Big Bold Future’ for education in KY
As the 2024 legislative session closes in Kentucky, the Prichard Committee announced that the Big Bold Ask achieved 79% of its mission, adding $812 million annually in education funding.
In 2019, the...
Latest home building data shows newly-constructed homes shrink to smallest square footage in 13 years
As the home building industry celebrates New Homes Month in April, new research shows that the average size of a new home continues to inch smaller — dropping from 2,479 square feet in 2022 to 2,411...
Diocese of Covington to explore possible affiliation between Covington Latin School, Thomas More
The Diocese of Covington has announced the intent to explore an affiliation between Covington Latin School and Thomas More University.
Under the plans for affiliation, Covington Latin School would become...
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Latest home building data shows newly-constructed homes shrink to smallest square footage in 13 years
As the home building industry celebrates New Homes Month in April, new research shows that the average size of a new home continues to inch smaller — dropping from 2,479 square feet in 2022 to 2,411... - More »
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KCTCS celebrates ‘dual credits’ earned by students, real plus for families; NKY among leaders overall
Staff report The Kentucky Community and Technical College System continues to celebrate Community College Month by recognizing the 27,454 dual credit students from 354 high schools who enrolled in KCTCS... - More »
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Kentucky’s March unemployment report shows slight uptick on month, stands at 4.5 percent
Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary March 2024 unemployment rate was 4.5%, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS). The preliminary March 2024 jobless rate was up 0.1 percentage... - More »
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Recognizing the signs and symptoms of stomach cancer, and how you can reduce your risk
Dr. Joseph Kim University of Kentucky While stomach cancer was in the headlines not long ago with the sudden death of musician Toby Keith, the diagnosis is relatively rare. Stomach cancer now accounts... - More »
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Newport’s Kayla Vaske urges ‘Write this Down’ in book that helps her — and her readers — cope
By Andy Furman NKyTribune reporter She wants you to learn how to think – instead of what to think. And that’s why Kayla Vaske wrote, Write this Down – a pragmatic approach to spirituality using psychology. “I’ve... - More »
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Prichard Committee achieves 79 percent of Big Bold Ask goal driving ‘Big Bold Future’ for education in KY
As the 2024 legislative session closes in Kentucky, the Prichard Committee announced that the Big Bold Ask achieved 79% of its mission, adding $812 million annually in education funding. In 2019, the... - More »
- Diocese of Covington to explore possible affiliation between Covington Latin School, Thomas More
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Habitat for Humanity Rock the Block event to take place in Covington’s Eastside neighborhood April 20
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Cincinnati has announced its upcoming “Rock the Block” event will take place in the Eastside Covington neighborhood on April 20 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The... - More »
- Kentucky State Police 'Cover the Cruiser' event April 19-26 to benefit Special Olympics summer games
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Art Lander’s Outdoors: Introduced fish species have had both positive and negative effects in Kentucky
Editor’s note: This is the first article in a two-part series on fish that have been introduced into Kentucky waters. Fish species introduced into Kentucky waters through the years have had a wide variety... - More »
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- Work Zone Awareness week begins Monday in advance of construction season across Kentucky
- KDFWR's online ‘Struttin’ in the Bluegrass’ returns with spring turkey hunting highlights April 13-17
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Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Hall of Fame inductions message clear here, new home for NKU’s Warrick
Sometimes it happens like this. No, more often than not it happens like this at the monthly Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame inductions. As it did in April’s ceremonies this week. A theme develops.... - More »
- Walton-Verona advances to All "A" Classic state baseball tournament for fourth consecutive year
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- NKU baseball still in first place in the Horizon but beautiful Sunday has one tough weather issue
- Keith Taylor: Mark Pope's return to University of Kentucky like a family reunion for Big Blue Nation
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Opinion — Bill Straub: Massie cites three reasons for urging Speaker Johnson’s resignation; then what?
For a Whiz Kid with fancy-schmancy degrees from some snooty college in liberal Massachusetts who has more patents than Edison (okay, that’s hyperbole, but play along for a second), it sure seems like... - More »
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