FRANKFORT, KY (FOX19) - Representative Addia K. Wuchner, (R-Florence) Tuesday filed House Resolution 95 honoring the Newport Aquarium for their economic development contribution to Northern Kentucky and the Commonwealth.  As part of the resolution filed in the House, the Newport Aquarium sent Paula the Penguin, their ambassador from the aquarium’s Penguin Palooza exhibit. 

“The Newport Aquarium, in particular their penguin display, has been a great boon to Kentucky serving as a tourism draw for travelers up and down Interstate 75,” said Rep. Wuchner.  “The aquarium was created as part of the Kentucky Tourism Development Act passed in April 1996, and has served as the center of the successful Newport Riverfront development.” 

Newport Aquarium, a privately funded center, first opened its doors in May 1999 and later opened a $4.5 million expansion in 2004.  The Newport Aquarium was named the No.

NEWPORT, KY (FOX19) - Newport-based printer Multi-Craft has been around for more than 55 years, but it's practically a baby compared to printing industry trade association Printing Industries of America, now celebrating its 125th year, whose president will be in the Tri-state next Tuesday during International Printing Week.

PIA President Michael Makin will kick off the local celebration by addressing the local Ohio and Northern Kentucky PIA group at breakfast at the Kenwood Country Club. Then he will tour Multi-Craft, which has been a member of PIA since the company’s founding in 1955. "It's important to look at our history to not only see what we've accomplished, but to learn from our past," Makin said.  "This association has grown and evolved over the years to nurture printers as they've embraced change in the industry, and we're excited to look back and explore our rich history. There’s certainly a lot of information to glean from the past 125 years."

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KY (FOX19) - The Campbell County Economic Progress Authority, Inc. says that after nearly a year of planning, a team of regional economic development experts is set to announce "the most innovative business development project our region has embarked upon in recent years."

A major announcement will be made at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, during a press conference at the Griffin Hall Digitorium on the campus of Northern Kentucky University. Griffin Hall houses NKU's College of Informatics. (Informatics is the field concerned with how information is stored, transmitted, processed and used; NKU has one of the first and largest colleges of Informatics, with multiple departments embracing fields that range from electronic media and broadcasting to computer science to medical informatics.)

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