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In the Covid-19 era, a warehouse doubles as music hall

Orchestra and audience are appropriately distanced and heated in a 60,000 square foot industrial space.

How one small, high-tech lab adapted when the pandemic changed everything

As the Covid-19 pandemic swept the region and the country, Ethos researchers developed tests for the viral infection to help schools, nursing homes, and other facilities keep operating.

Fish and Wildlife delivers a cure for cabin fever

Anglers interested in catching rainbow trout won’t have to travel far.

‘The time is now to figure this out.’ CEO was moved to action by equity workshops

“It starts with me,” says Paul Haffner. “It’s not possible anymore to wish the problem away.”

Racial Equity Matters: GCF’s workshops offer eye-opening lessons

Sunny Reelhorn Parr participated in racial equity training that changed the way she approached her career and her personal conversations with neighbors.

Natural sugar scrubs are the perfect treatment for winter skin.
Boujee Bar Skincare: Meet the woman-owned company taking soap to the next level

How one entrepreneur is marrying clean beauty with self-care.

Dr. Julia Carter founded Wood Hudson Cancer Research Laboratory 40 years ago.
Independent lab in the heart of Newport has been fighting cancer for 40 years

Wood Hudson Cancer Research Laboratory has been probing the root causes of the most deadly forms of the disease, as well as educating the next generation.

Robert S. Duncanson’s artwork hangs in the White House

More than 150 years after Robert S. Duncanson painted Landscape with Rainbow, the Bidens selected it as a symbol of hope.

Park benches, solar lampposts, a trash can for pizza boxes. Small neighborhood projects win funding

The grants were part of a round of funding totaling nearly $27,000 made to seven neighborhood groups as part of Covington’s Neighborhood Grant Program.  

Dr. Julia Carter founded Wood Hudson Cancer Research Laboratory 40 years ago.
Independent lab in the heart of Newport has been fighting cancer for 40 years

Wood Hudson Cancer Research Laboratory has been probing the root causes of the most deadly forms of the disease, as well as educating the next generation.

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