COVINGTON, Ky. – Weekend in LoveTheCov has been on hiatus because we in good conscience couldn’t urge people to get out in public with COVID-19 numbers in Kentucky setting record after record.   We’re back – not because the threat is over, because it is not (although there are hopeful signs) – but because we’re trying to balance a range of needs that seem t...

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TIF district designation in works would use future state tax revenue to repay City’s debt   COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington received preliminary approval today to study the possible use of future state tax revenues to pay for new roads, sidewalks and other improvements to the 23-acre IRS site and surrounding areas to prepare it for private development.   ...

The City recently had to put a “Band-Aid” of asphalt on a sinking section of Eighth Street but will close the street next week to work on a permanent repair. Sections of concrete failing between Russell, Pike streets  COVINGTON, Ky. – Eighth Street between Pike and Russell streets will be closed starting Monday so the crumbling and sinking concrete roadway can be torn up an...

(Photo provided by Welcome House.) Goal of Welcome House shelter: Long-term housing stability COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington is giving $367,720 to Welcome House of Northern Kentucky to help it operate a temporary shelter designed to help homeless individuals not only survive the winter but also find permanent, stable housing.   The Garden Center Winter Shelter opened Nov. 30 as...

Just 10 seconds after ignition, a Christmas tree whose needles were allowed to dry out becomes a fiery torch in this demonstration from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Covington fire officials offer tips on preventing holiday fires  COVINGTON, Ky. – The video, shown HERE, is breathtaking in a scary way.   Within mere seconds after flame is touched to a live Chr...

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A new NKY Pride Center is opening two blocks from City Hall. Decisive steps to create ‘welcoming’ community a part  of economic strategy to attract talent, officials say COVINGTON, Ky. – The nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group says the City of Covington continues to take decisive steps – not just make empty promises and espouse platitudes – when it comes ...

(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is another in a series of recycling tips from the City of Covington's Neighborhood Services Department, Solid Waste & Recycling Division.) COVINGTON, Ky. – First the bad news: Those oh-so-convenient plastic single-serve coffee pods (commonly known as K-cups after the company that trademarked them, Keurig Green Mountain) aren’t accepted by most recycling progr...

(Photo provided by Kentucky Transportation Cabinet) Damaged upper deck removed, steel beams placed  COVINGTON, Ky. – Work on the emergency repair of the Brent Spence Bridge remains on schedule, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials said today during a progress report with regional media.   “We literally have all hands on deck as crews work around the clock to restore the ...