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Big Bone Lick's 42nd Salt Festival opens Oct. 16 in Union

Big Bone Lick State Historic Site in Boone County hosts its 42nd annual Salt Festival from Friday, Oct. 16, through Sunday, Oct. 18, featuring frontier demonstrations, live music, a petting zoo and the park's resident bison herd.

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Stone park entrance sign flanked by mammoth sculptures and colorful flowers

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Chick-fil-A food drive collects meals for 1,300 NKY students

Area Chick-fil-A restaurants are collecting nonperishable food through Friday, Oct. 16, for GO Pantry's weekend meal program that serves about 1,300 Northern Kentucky students weekly. Donors who return filled bags receive a Chick-fil-A meal card while supplies last.

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Chick-fil-A in Hillsboro, Oregon, which formerly housed a Newport Bay restaurant. This location was the first in Oregon in over a decade and opened in March 2016.

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Boone County library plans free event series for America's 250th

The Boone County Public Library's "Revolutionary Read" series brings more than a dozen free programs to branches across Florence, Hebron, Burlington and beyond throughout October and November 2026, from colonial crafts and calligraphy to a Ghost Walk and Colonial Ball.

Rows of orange pumpkins on a green lawn with a wooden hay wagon in the background.

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Boone County pumpkin patches open starting Sept. 19

Farms in Hebron, Burlington and Walton are opening their fall seasons with pumpkin patches, corn mazes and hayrides, giving Boone County families local options starting as early as Sept. 19.

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