The following holiday operating schedules have been announced by agencies serving Northern Kentucky:

        • Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky (TANK): All buses will be on a regular schedule except for Christmas Day, when buses will operate on a holiday schedule (the same as a Sunday schedule).

        • Rumpke: There will be no garbage or recycling collection service on Christmas Day or New Year's Day.

        All Greater Cincinnati customers will experience a one-day delay in service (except for Newport residents, who will not have service until the Friday after Christmas, and the Friday after New Year's Day).

        • Northern Kentucky Emissions stations: Testing stations will close at 3 p.m. Monday Dec. 24, and will be closed Christmas Day. Testing stations will close at 5 p.m. on New Year's Eve, and will be closed on New Year's Day.

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