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David Holthaus

David Holthaus is an award-winning journalist and a Cincinnati native. When not writing or editing, he's likely to be bicycling, hiking, reading, or watching classic movies.

 

David Holthaus's Latest Articles

Finding and affording mental health care is a struggle for many families and children

A shortage of providers means kids in need of care must wait or don’t receive it at all. 

In North Bend, a tiny village has big plans for a riverfront park and historic site

The William Henry Harrison Riverfront Park would be an $11 million project that pays homage to the history of the site, the stories of Harrison and his family, the indigenous people who populated the Ohio and Miami valleys, and the importance of the Ohio River to the region’s history and culture.

National Park Service awards major grant to historic African American cemetery

United American Cemetery is the final resting place and a memorial to the lives of dozens of people who were leading figures of Cincinnati’s Black history.

Art and mentoring are part of the Guidlng Light after-school program in the West End neighborhood.
Safe spaces: Collective action emerges on the crisis in youth mental health

A new report lays the groundwork for a comprehensive community plan.

Bike &Trail Expo is back for its second year

About 70 vendors will be exhibiting their wares, 15% more than last year.

Sharonville controls its downtown’s destiny

Property control makes it unlikely that a gas station, dollar store, fast-food franchise or the like will move in to the city's emerging downtown.   

Uber Freight expands its operations in Newport

The new office will house about 100 employees and has room for growth.

More than $383 million in expansions, industry relocations committed in 2023 in NKY

Most of the new investment will come from existing Northern Kentucky companies that are planning to expand.

Region’s logistics hub will be a focus of union organizing in the year ahead

More union activity is expected at big logistics and transportation companies and elsewhere as workers exert a newfound assertiveness.

The stories of our time: Our best-read journalism of 2023

In 2023, Soapbox's 15th year, our writers and photographers discovered stories of community, entrepreneurship, neighborhoods, talent, innovation, and more. Here are the ones our readers liked best. 

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