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A speaker takes the floor at the Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee town hall held in the Student Union July 14.

Northern Kentucky town hall on medical cannabis held at NKU

Mildred Nguyen, Managing Editor July 23, 2022

For over an hour and a half on July 14, the Student Union ballroom resounded with voices and, at times, tears being barely held back. Speakers delivered emotional testimonies about how the lack of legal...

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear speaks

Beshear wants to ‘break ground next year’ on $2 billion Brent Spence project

Mark Payne, LINK nky March 1, 2022

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine met Monday for a joint press conference in Covington to announce a “Memorandum of Understanding” that would see the possibility of a companion Brent...

Governor Beshear grants $1 million award to the city of Highland Heights

Governor Beshear grants $1 million award to the city of Highland Heights

Madison Plank, Managing Editor June 29, 2021

Governor Andy Beshear granted a $1 million award to the city of Highland Heights on Monday to help open the Highland Heights Opportunity House.  The Opportunity House is a new initiative and partnership...

Phase 1C COVID-19 vaccinations to rollout in NKY

Phase 1C COVID-19 vaccinations to rollout in NKY

Josh Kelly, Managing Editor February 23, 2021

The University announced that Kentucky will begin Phase 1C of the COVID-19 vaccine distribution on March 1. “The Governor announced that regional vaccination sites will open to Kentuckians in Phase...

Facial coverings are now required to be worn on campus over the summer.

NKU requires facial coverings on campus for summer

Rachel Smith, News Editor May 14, 2020

Everyone must wear a facial covering on NKU’s campus throughout the summer, according to NKU officials in a campus-wide email. The requirement is in compliance with Governor Andy Beshear’s “Healthy...

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