PC Fiscal Court discusses applying for, accepting federal grants

By Carolyn Reid FALMOUTH — Tami Vater, Pendleton County economic and tourism development director, updated the county Fiscal Court on potential 2024 Government Grants totaling approximately $170 million that can be used for city and county needs, 501c(3) nonprofits and other possibilities.Vater...

Growth assessment program pitched

By Carolyn Reid Tami Vater, Economic Development and Tourism Commission Director, presented the Community and Economic Development Initiatives of Kentucky Community Assessment (CEDIK), a program from the University of Kentucky and the Kentucky Association of Economic Development to Pendleton County...

Cleats, gear from PC help kids in Mexico

By Nila Harris FALMOUTH — Soccer cleats from Pendleton County are making their way to Veracruz, Mexico, because of the kindness and organization efforts of others.Tammy Spicer has been organizing the sports equipment giveaway known as Instant Replay since 2017.Each year prior to baseball/softball...

State all in on cannabis; county voters to decide

FRANKFORT — Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday provided an update on establishing medical cannabis businesses in Kentucky, in issue that both Pendleton County and the City of Falmouth will put to voters this fall.Beshear also gave updates on economic development; funding to improve communities;...

Falmouth prepares for annual Artwalk

By Burton Cole FALMOUTH — Call it the warmup act for the Wool Festival. The eighth annual Ewenique Artwalk is ready to take over Shelby Street sidewalks on Sept. 14.“It’s gotten a lot bigger in eight years,” event coordinator Melanie Hartzel said.

New administrators start at PCHS

By Nila Harris FALMOUTH — Chad Simms, who recently returned to Pendleton County High School as assistant principal, is now serving as head principal at PCHS following Tony Dietrich’s retirement in July.Simms, who holds a Rank 1 in leadership with a superintendent certificate from Northern Kentucky...

There be dragons

By Burton Cole ALEXANDRIA — Breast cancer survivor Sherry DeWald, 57, of Grassy Creek still chuckles about the time she and the rest of the Kentucky Thorough-Breasts Dragon Boat Racing Team was pitted against a team of young, CrossFit guys — and won.“I can’t believe we got beat by a boatload of...

Pitching Pendleton

By Burton Cole FALMOUTH — The goal was to come home and help.So Tami Vater accepted Pendleton County Fiscal Court’s offer to become the county’s full-time director of economic and tourism development.