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1st round: 400+ free computers

'Covington Connect’ targets digital divide for students, their families COVINGTON, Ky. -- Over 400 free, refurbished desktop computers were given to families of Covington schoolchildren earlier this week, the first distribution event held as part of the "Covington Connect" initiative t...

'... entrepreneurial explosion'

  Zapata Cantina joins internationally-themed dining scene in historic spot COVINGTON, Ky. - After months of buildup, on Wednesday it officially happened: Covington has a new restaurant named after a Mexican revolutionary and folk hero and co-owned by a veteran restaurateur who was in 2019 was ...

HAC residents get high-speed 'net service

  Contact:            Steve Arlinghaus, Executive Director Telephone:      (859) 491-5311 Email:                 sarling...

LATONIA IS ON THE MOVE!!!

Dari-Crest by Bean Haus is the latest exciting business redevelopment   Latonia has been receiving great news on the Covington economic development landscape. A few months ago, the City featured the two firms, ReGadget and Blair Technology, that bought the old Value City and Burlington Coat Fac...

Board of Commission Meeting Minutes 09-15-20

Board of Commission Meeting Minutes 09-15-20

City giving $100K for emergency food

Non-profit(s) needed to direct assistance for COVID-19 relief   COVINGTON, Ky. - The City of Covington is looking for help spending $100,000 on food for residents affected by COVID-19.   Recognizing that the pandemic has damaged many people’s ability to feed themselves and their fami...

Recycling event: Almost 16 tons of e-waste

Organizers galvanized by enthusiasm for ‘going green’   COVINGTON, Ky. - Organizers of the annual Recycling Drop-Off Day for Electronic Waste and Paper Shredding in Covington say the almost unbelievable numbers from the event have only one conclusion: People want to be “green....

We remember ...

ABOUT THE PHOTO: The late morning edition of The (now defunct) Kentucky Post based in downtown Covington was in the finishing stages of going to press Sept. 11, 2001, when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into floors 93-99 of the North Tower.  Editors watching the events on television had t...

Post-traumatic stress ‘not going away’

Assistant Fire Chief Chip Terry served in Covington for almost three decades. (Photo used with permission from Katie Woodring Photography.)  Pandemic bolsters need for training inspired by late fire chief  COVINGTON, Ky. - Even aside from her own family’s personal tragedy, Jo Terry...

Spaghetti eis & Earth to Kentucky

COVINGTON, Ky. - The Carnegie’s innovative walking-tour version of “Godspell” was going to be the featured attraction this week, but it just sold out.   That leaves more room and time to talk about two fascinating additions to small business in The Cov: One’s a toy shop/...
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