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The Easter Bunny is Coming to Fort Wright

Saturday, March 27th Beginning at 1:00 pm We are excited to announce that the Easter Bunny will be arriving in town for a visit on Saturday, March 27th, 2021, and the Fort Wright Police and Fire Departments will have the honor of escorting her as she travels many of our city streets. When you hear horns and sirens blasting in you...

Duke Energy Planned Work/I275 Rolling Roadblocks

Duke Energy plans to move forward with their transmission work impacting KY I-275 starting this weekend (March 6 &7). The document below outlines this project: Duke Energy Reliability Project Additional information can be found on the project website at www.duke-energy.com/Miami-Fort. Some time prior to this weeke...

To all interested citizens of Fort Wright, Kentucky: The Kentucky Department for Local Government is accepting application material under the Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus Response (CDBG-CV) Program. The City of Fort Wright intends to apply for assistance for emergency utility relief payments. The city will hold a pub...

Service Delays Anticipated: Rumpke is attempting to service customers where they can; however, weather and hazardous road conditions may impact their normal collection day this week. Please continue to place waste materials at the curb in containers on your scheduled collection day and they will provide service as road cond...

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Winter Weather Warning from Monday, February 15th, until 1:00 pm on Tuesday, February 16th. Snow accumulations are predicted to range from 8" to 12". Snow is expected to start falling again this afternoon around 2 pm. As a result of the impending weather conditions, a Snow Emergency ha...

Winter Weather Advisory - Issued: February 14, 2021 The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Winte...

Hiring Part-Time Seasonal Public Works Laborer

The City of Fort Wright, KY, is seeking a dynamic, highly self-motivated individual for the position of PT Seasonal Public Works Laborer. The position reports directly to the Public Works Director and is responsible for a variety of manual labor related work (with a primary focus on grass mowing and litter abatement on public properties ...

Please join us in welcoming CareFirst Urgent Care to the City of Fort Wright! Congratulations to CareFirst Urgent Care - Fort Wright on their ribbon cutting this morning! Welcome to the City of Fort Wright, Kentucky and the NKY Chamber family. And thank you to our ribbon cutting sponsor, WesBanco!

Vaccinations are currently being provided for people in Phases 1A and B in NKY. These phases include staff and residents of long term care facilities and assisted living facilities, health care personnel, first responders, individuals who are 70 years and older and K-12 school personnel. Most long term care and assisted living facilities are ...

DATE: January 18, 2021 TO: All City Council Members and Interested Parties FROM: Dave Hatter, Mayor RE: Special Council Meeting The City of Fort Wright will hol...