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🌱 What NKU’s new budget and tuition hike mean for Highland Heights students

Highland Heights, Kentucky Patch AM: a 3 min read

Morning Highland Heights! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What NKU’s new budget and tuition hike mean for Highland Heights students
  • How will NKU’s big move out of Highland Heights affect you?

Also on today's calendar: Retirement Planning University - NKU - June 2026 and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: A t-storm around in the a.m., with a high of 85 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Saturday: Sun and some clouds, temps: high: 84, low: 65.
  • Sunday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 79 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Northern Kentucky University 2026-27 budget includes $2.1 million surplus, provides salary increases (nkytribune.com) — Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights has approved a $222 million budget for 2026-27 that includes a $2.1 million surplus and a 3% raise for eligible employees. Students will see a 2% tuition increase as NKU continues stabilizing finances after eliminating a major deficit, while pledging to maintain affordability and support for academic programs and student services.
   

• Officials break ground on the Commonwealth Center for Biomedical Excellence (wvxu.org) — Highland Heights is losing NKU’s law school and UK’s Northern Kentucky medical campus to a new Commonwealth Center for Biomedical Excellence being built in downtown Covington, shifting jobs and payroll taxes out of Campbell County. State-funded and overseen by the Northern Kentucky Port Authority, the project has stirred controversy among Campbell County, Highland Heights, and Covington officials, with classes expected to begin at the new site in early 2029.
   

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Other local events
    Monday June 15
  • (Board of Education Meeting, Cancelled and Rescheduled for June 1
    Grant's Lick Elementary School 944 Clay Ridge Road , Alexandria, KY 41001
    6:00 pm
    • Tuesday June 16
  • Retirement Planning University - NKU - June 2026 →
    Scudamore Stadium, Louie B Nunn Dr, Highland Heights
    6:00 pm
    • Wednesday June 17
  • Board of Education Special Meeting
    Grant's Lick Elementary School 944 Clay Ridge Road , Alexandria, KY 41001
    6:00 pm
    • Thursday June 18
  • CCS Summer Meal Food Program
    Donald E. Cline Elementary School 5586 East Alexandria Pike , Cold Spring, KY 41076
    4:00 pm
    • Saturday June 27
  • Kentucky Barrels vs. Albany Fire →
    Truist Arena, 500 Louie B Nunn Dr, Highland Heights
    7:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Covington

  • Local leaders break ground on Covington biomedical center (linknky.com)
  • Families invited to kick off summer Friday at 5th annual Early Childhood Fun Fest at Covington's Randolph Park (nkytribune.com)
  • Giving Voice Foundation to raffle off rare bourbon set in Covington (linknky.com)

Newport

  • Dan Weber's Just Sayin': When Covington Latin produced a big hitter, but not in baseball (nkytribune.com)

Ok Highland Heights! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Highland Heights

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