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City thanks Commissioners Huizenga, Wells as 'champions' of Covington

The service of outgoing Covington City Commissioners Jordan Huizenga, left, and Bill Wells have made them “true champions of Covington,” their colleagues said tonight.   COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington said good-bye to two two-term City Commissioners tonight with words of thanks, formal resolutions, and presents.  Jordan Huizenga and Bill Wells were first elected in fall 2014, we...

Board of Commission Meeting Minutes 12/11/18

Board of Commission Meeting Minutes 12/11/18

McCain new supervisor in Public Works

Troy McCain, who has been with the City since 1995, will supervise the General Maintenance Division. COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington will soon have a new supervisor to oversee street sweeping, leaf collection, mowing, and other responsibilities in the Public Works Department’s General Maintenance Division - and he’s a familiar face.  Troy McCain is set to be approved as part of the con...

Santa’s toy shop at City Hall benefits Biggs

City of Covington employees wrapped presents for 30 kids today. COVINGTON, Ky. - The room where the Covington City Commission holds its weekly meetings became a satellite of Santa’s North Pole toy workshop today when City employees gathered - not to make toys and gifts - but to wrap the heck out of them. The toys, clothes and gifts were donated as part of City Hall’s annual Christmas T...

New RCov chief must ‘get’ Covington

In 2017, Renaissance Covington was named the best in the country for creative place-making. Today, City officials praised the work of its departing director, Katie Meyer (at left in the line of people, holding the plaque), and said they hoped her replacement builds on Meyer’s work.  City praises departing director Meyer COVINGTON, Ky. - If you’ve been downtown over the last few y...

Jazz-era celebrations galore

COVINGTON, Ky. - In a city with a lot of unique bars and restaurants, it’s no surprise that the 85th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition is going to be celebrated.   How you celebrate it is up to you: This weekend in #LoveTheCov, you can drink a little (at a lot of places), or you can go listen to a jazz tribute or watch a dance troupe.   Or you can ignore it altogether a...

800-plus leaders in #LoveTheCov

COVINGTON, Ky. - If you see an influx of people downtown, there’s a reason:   Today is the first day of the three-day national conference of The Council of State Governments, which has brought nearly 900 state-level government leaders to Covington from across the country and Canada.   “I was told over 800 leaders registered and they expect 850 to 875, so this is a pretty big ...

City Commission to meet 4x in January

COVINGTON, Ky. - Come January - when the last Oatmeal Scotchie has been eaten and the tree untrimmed and you’re long since weary of Bing Crosby and Mariah Carey singing those timeless (and seemingly endless) Christmas classics and you just have to get out of the house - might we suggest attending a Covington City Commission meeting?   The Commission recently set its January sc...
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