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Derby legends, pollinators & vintage

COVINGTON, Ky. – If you’re all about the fun, there’s no need to head out of town this weekend for a destination that’s more in alignment with the path of optimum totality for Monday’s total solar eclipse. No 1, we’ve good stuff worth sticking around for in The Cov, including cool local Derby history to learn, pollinator habitat to tend to, art, vintage shopp...

Major repairs, bridge project doom Goebel Pool

Rather than ‘waste’ $500K, City to close water facility earlier than anticipated COVINGTON, Ky. – In the end, Goebel Pool was doomed. With the pool sitting almost directly in the path of the pending Brent Spence Bridge Corridor project, the City of Covington has elected not to make the substantial, expensive repairs that would be needed to keep Goebel open just a littl...

Earth Month a busy time in The Cov

CAPTIONS: Earth Month and tree planting events helped build a feeling of community in 2023 in The Cov. Volunteer events to help build community, love for the planet COVINGTON, Ky. – Earth Month – aka “April” – will be celebrated in Covington with events and activities related to trees, beautification, waste disposal, recycling, and pollinator gardens. Many of...

Register now for Restoration Weekend on April 27

Annual event combines history, rehab expertise and resources COVINGTON, Ky. – Whether you own a historic home, are thinking about buying one, or simply love history, the NKY Restoration Weekend event on Saturday, April 27, is for you. The annual event returns to the Newport Intermediate School with an impressive speaker lineup of historic preservation professionals. Registration opened...

A neighborly heads up: Concrete to be poured overnight next week at OneNKY Center

COVINGTON, Ky. – Neighbors of the OneNKY Center being built at Greenup Street and Roebling Way may hear trucks earlier than usual on Tuesday. But don’t worry. It’s a special circumstance – not the new normal. Officials from Paul Hemmer Co. said that Tuesday will be the first of three 3 a.m. concrete slab pours timed to beat morning rush hour traffic and to keep the ri...

The Reds, a YA author & a picker’s paradise

COVINGTON, Ky. – It’s quite possible that you’re sitting at the Great American Ball Park when this Weekend in #LoveTheCov lands in the email on your mobile device. And we’re fairly confident you’ll see it in a timely fashion because you told your boss you had to work from home today and have been checking your emails with unprecedented frequency to keep up that charad...

City offices closing early Friday

COVINGTON, Ky. – City Hall offices at 20 W. Pike St. will close at noon Friday, March 29, 2024, for celebration of the spring holiday. City Hall reopens at 8 a.m. Monday. ####

Come Monday, CCR work moves from deconstruction to construction

Bray to build site’s infrastructure; Drees to follow with first homes COVINGTON, Ky. – Less than two years after an O’Rourke Wrecking excavator punched the first hole in the sprawling IRS “Flat Top” complex, the City of Covington has announced two milestones in the pending transformation of what is now a cleared field into a 23-acre mixed-used neighborhood ful...

New website, signage aim to make parking easier

Covington Motor Vehicle Parking Authority ramps up education as part of strategic approach to help drivers COVINGTON, Ky. – The search for a parking spot in Covington should soon get easier, courtesy of a new website, new directional signs, and new branding for the Covington Motor Vehicle Parking Authority. The signs – which are being mounted at key locations around Covington to ...

Youth soccer registration open through April 11

(But spots are filling up fast) COVINGTON, Ky. – Families have until April 11 to register their children for Covington Parks and Recreations’ Youth Soccer Program – the City’s most popular youth sports program –  but don’t dally because spots are filling up fast. The free five-week program runs from April 13 to May 18 (skipping the week of May 4), wit...
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