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Entries for June 2018

City Hall training reinforces welcoming stance on LGBTQA

Training facilitator Bonnie Meyer talks about how Covington can bring up its  2017 score on the Municipal Equality Index. The index, published by the advocacy group Human Rights Campaign, measures how inclusive a City’s laws, policies, and services are for LGBTQ people who live and work t...

Covington OKs concept plan for 82-home subdivision

COVINGTON, Ky. - Plans for an 82-home subdivision on a hillside overlooking Covington moved forward in the process on Thursday, but issues related to entrance roads and drainage were added as stipulations.   The Covington City Commission voted 5-0 to grant two requests related to the Park Point...

Movies & Music & Art, Oh My!

COVINGTON, Ky. - Another weekend, another eclectic assortment of things to do in Covington.   Whether you want to feel good about yourself (by running a 5K or volunteering), want to prepare for buying a house, want a family event like a movie in Devou Park, or want live music or some culture, c...

New Covington budget: ‘Return on investment’

COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington’s new budget for the fiscal year that begins Sunday takes decisive action to strengthen the City and enhance the lives of its residents.   Operating on the premise that a City Government should be evaluated by the services it provides, the 2018-19 budget allocat...

Bring a blanket: It’s outdoor movie time in Covington

More than 1,500 watched the movie “Hocus Pocus” at Linden Grove Cemetery last October as part of “Cinema in the Cemetery.”   COVINGTON, KY - The smell of freshly popped popcorn and a sea of picnic blankets can mean only one thing: The beginning of outdoor movie se...
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Board of Commission Special Meeting Notice 06-28-18

  Meeting Notice

Riverfront connector road, sidewalk about to be rebuilt

The sidewalk leading from Covington’s western riverfront hotels to RiverCenter and the Northern Kentucky Convention Center is narrow, unsafe, and uninviting. In addition, the road pavement (just out of this picture) is failing. COVINGTON, Ky. - The nearly $875,000 reconstruction of Johnson Str...

Labor contracts with FOP, AFSCME approved

COVINGTON, Ky. - Members of two of the three City of Covington's employee unions have new contracts that include pay raises and make other adjustments in benefits and pay.   The Covington City Commission approved new 18-month labor agreements Tuesday with both the Fraternal Order of Police, Cov...
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