Inside LINK

Inside LINK

Each week, reporters share how they covered an in-depth project they've been working on -- telling listeners the story behind the story. Get additional context, information and ways to get involved straight from the reporters themselves.

Episodes

March 18, 2024 10 mins

On this week's episode of Inside LINK, we're learning about how Campbell County reporter Haley Parnell covered the years-long dispute between River Metals Recycling and the people of Newport. 

At its essence, the dispute is centered around sporadic explosions that happen at the metal recycling plant, usually because people have incorrectly disposed of items like propane tanks. Those explosions, which happened at random tim...

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Nuance takes time. 

Which is why, rather than immediately reporting on complaints some neighbors had of the Emergency Shelter in Covington, we took a beat. 

Kenton County reporter Nathan Granger began doing interviews and asking questions. We knew that there was context we needed to include in the story that we couldn't do if we turned the story in a day or two. 

Listen to this week's episode of Inside LINK to learn about Na...

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Inside LINK by LINK nky is a deep dive into Northern Kentucky issues that impact our communities. This podcast will address important topics that require a closer look. You can experience this story in two ways; read or listen.

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December 25, 2023 8 mins

Inside LINK by LINK nky is a deep dive into Northern Kentucky issues that impact our communities. This podcast will address important topics that require a closer look. You can experience this story in two ways; read or listen.

Subscribe to our LINK Reader for just $25 a year. Click here to sign up.
Covering the news for NKY takes a lot of work. Help support our mission here.

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Inside LINK by LINK nky is a deep dive into Northern Kentucky issues that impact our communities. This podcast will address important topics that require a closer look. You can experience this story in two ways; read or listen.

Subscribe to our LINK Reader for just $25 a year. Click here to sign up.
Covering the news for NKY takes a lot of work. Help support our mission here.

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December 11, 2023 11 mins

Inside LINK by LINK nky is a deep dive into Northern Kentucky issues that impact our communities. This podcast will address important topics that require a closer look. You can experience this story in two ways; read or listen.

Subscribe to our LINK Reader for just $25 a year. Click here to sign up.
Covering the news for NKY takes a lot of work. Help support our mission here.

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This week, Kenton County reporter Nathan Granger talks with Managing Editor Meghan Goth about his reporting on his story about homelessness in Northern Kentucky and one shelter that dominated the conversation in recent months. 

Inside LINK by LINK nky is a deep dive into Northern Kentucky issues that impact our communities. This podcast will address important topics that require a closer look. You can experience this story in two wa...

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Inside LINK by LINK nky is a deep dive into Northern Kentucky issues that impact our communities. This podcast will address important topics that require a closer look. You can experience this story in two ways; read or listen.

Subscribe to our LINK Reader for just $25 a year. Click here to sign up.
Covering the news for NKY takes a lot of work. Help support our mission here.

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Inside LINK by LINK nky is a deep dive into Northern Kentucky issues that impact our communities. This podcast will address important topics that require a closer look. You can experience this story in two ways; read or listen.

Subscribe to our LINK Reader for just $25 a year. Click here to sign up.
Covering the news for NKY takes a lot of work. Help support our mission here.

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November 5, 2023 9 mins

Inside LINK by LINK nky is a deep dive into Northern Kentucky issues that impact our communities. This podcast will address important topics that require a closer look. You can experience this story in two ways; read or listen.

Subscribe to our LINK Reader for just $25 a year. Click here to sign up.
Covering the news for NKY takes a lot of work. Help support our mission here.

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October 29, 2023 10 mins

This week on the Sunday Story, LINK nky CEO Lacy Starling describes how far LINK nky has come in just two short years...and how we need your help to keep moving forward.

Read More Here | Listen Below | Donate Here

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LINK nky opened its doors two years ago with a clear mission: Give a voice to our community and tell the stories that matter. 

Since Oct. 27, 2021, we’ve:

  • Written nearly 8,600 stories.
  • Printed and delivered more than 1....
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This story originally appeared in the Oct. 13 edition of the Weekly LINK Reader.
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This week on the Sunday Story, LINK nky contributor Emma Balcom takes a closer look at how Northern Kentucky is putting an emphasis on life sciences.

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To some, the decision to construct a life sciences lab in downtown Covington may seem like a random choice. It was one that Mayor...

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Enjoy additional interviews and hear directly from reporter Kenton Hornbeck about the reporting of this story on our Sunday Story Podcast. Don't miss our new episodes each week. Be sure to subscribe to The Sunday Story Podcast by LINK nky wherever you get your podcasts.

Inside LINK by LINK nky is a deep dive into Northern Kentucky issues that impact our communities. This podcast will address important topics that require a clos...

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This story originally appeared in the Sept. 29 edition of the Weekly LINK Reader. To see these stories first, subscribe here. Listen below or read the full story here.

By Kenton Hornbeck, LINK nky Business Reporter & Shannon Paul, Contributor

Northern Kentucky wants an identity of its own. 

But how does a region forge a distinct identity and vision when it is considered part of a major metropolitan area of a ci...

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October 1, 2023 6 mins

This week on the Sunday Story Podcast, LINK nky's Campbell County reporter Haley Parnell dives into affordable housing in Northern Kentucky. Enjoy this story two ways – listen below orread the full story here.

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In July 2022, notices to vacate were posted at one of the last "very affordable" places to live in Newport, leaving residents in 232 units to find somewhere else to go.

One of those residents was Mor...

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This week on the Sunday Story podcast, LINK nky Government and Politics Reporter Mark Payne dives into campaign spending throughout the 2023 governor's race.

Enjoy this story two ways - listen below or read the full story here.

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On a cool spring Kentucky Monday in April, an Axiom Strategies staffer stood outside Mokka Sunset on Monmouth Street in Newport, waiting to usher Kentucky gubernatorial ca...

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 This week on The Sunday Story, business reporter Kenton Hornbeck explores Newport's history of gentleman's clubs. 

Inside LINK by LINK nky is a deep dive into Northern Kentucky issues that impact our communities. This podcast will address important topics that require a closer look. You can experience this story in two ways; read or listen.

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This week on The Sunday Story Podcast, LINK nky reporters Nathan Granger and Kenton Hornbeck dive into tax increases in Kenton County to learn more about the impact on Northern Kentuckians. 

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Erlanger City Council member Tyson Hermes stood at a December 2022 Kenton County Fiscal Court meeting. 

Addressing Judge/Executive Kris Knochelmann, county commissioners and staff sitting behind desks surrounding the platform where he stood, H...

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Inside LINK by LINK nky is a deep dive into Northern Kentucky issues that impact our communities. This podcast will address important topics that require a closer look. You can experience this story in two ways; read or listen.

Subscribe to our LINK Reader for just $25 a year. Click here to sign up.
Covering the news for NKY takes a lot of work. Help support our mission here.

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This week on The Sunday Story Podcast, LINK nky's Managing Editor Meghan Goth dives into the story of a local pain clinic doctor, his office manager, and why they are both now being investigated by Kenton County Attorney Rob Sanders.

Experience this story in three ways;
Read here | Listen | Watch here

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Wendy Fillhardt went to see Dr. Pragya B. Gupta at Advanced Pain Treatment Center in Edgewo...

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