The Fourth Street (Veterans Memorial) Bridge carries Ky. 8 across the Licking River between Covington (left) and Newport, near the Licking’s confluence with the larger Ohio River. (Photo used courtesy of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, District 6.)
Goals: ‘Signature’ look, bike and pedestrian lanes
COVINGTON, Ky. – Having briefed Newport’s elected officials re...
Annual drop-off event helps residents recycle responsibly
COVINGTON, Ky. – A free drop-off recycling event will be held in Covington on Saturday, June 24, to help residents get rid of computer equipment and other electronics, foam packaging, and confidential documents that need to be shredded.
The 8th annual event – called the E-Waste Recycling Event – will be held as usual...
Photo 1: Gene Koehl, crew leader of Public Works’ Right of Way Division, lays asphalt on Madison Pike in Latonia with a cold planer.
Photo 2: From left, Ryan Rickey, Gene Koehl, and Dan Bitter from the Right of Way Division.
City fixing road sections in advance of larger state project to come
COVINGTON, Ky. – Madison Pike through part of Latonia will be reduced to one lane for...
Bikers on the western end of Riverfront Commons along the Ohio River in Covington. (Photo provided by Tri-State Trails)
Open houses in Covington, Newport to present first look at progress to date on joint plan
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Today is National Bike to Work Day.)
COVINGTON, Ky. – The ongoing effort to make it safer and easier for individuals to travel by bicycle around Nor...
Duke Energy grant will grow Covington canopy, but only 30 trees are available
COVINGTON, Ky. – If you want a free tree for your yard, you will want to act quickly: Covington’s Forestry Division has 30 trees to give away for planting in targeted neighborhoods, and they will be passed out on a first-come, first-served basis.
Two things make the giveaway unusual:
The tree...
Volunteers needed Saturday to dig holes in Latonia
COVINGTON, Ky. – The celebration of Arbor Day will last eight days in the City of Covington, beginning with a neighborhood planting this Saturday and ending the following weekend with a seedling giveaway at a de facto festival focused on trees.
Meanwhile, the national Arbor Day Foundation has named Covington a Tree City USA for the 19t...
Looking east on Fourth Street, a one-way street that carries traffic heading west and cuts through the heart of downtown.
Study underway to see if road can be reconfigured for dedicated bike lane
COVINGTON, Ky. – Fourth Street could be reconfigured from three lanes to two lanes to make way for a dedicated bike lane and wider, more pedestrian-friendly sidewalks under a plan being e...
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Photo 1: Hendy prepares to tear up and level the brick pavers near the Sixth Street Promenade.
Photo 2: Hendy Inc. recently fixed curbs along Tibbatts in Latonia.
Photo 3: The new ADA curb ramp near St. Augustine Church in Peaselburg.
Hendy Inc. to preserve historic look while leveling surface
COVINGTON, Ky. – A contractor for the City of Covington started teari...
A rehab projected funded by the City’s HOME program will add affordable housing in the Latonia/Rosedale neighborhood.
Public participation period underway for federal grant programs
COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington is asking the public to weigh in on how the City should invest several million dollars in federal grants aimed at improving housing and infrastructure and reducing hom...
Report card to residents highlights historic deal on bridge, tax cut & progress on job training, IRS site, new City Hall
COVINGTON, Ky. – A construction trades school and its preservation trades complement. A 23-acre development in the urban core. A new City Hall better suited for helping residents. A health sciences lab. Homeownership.
The City of Covington took so many steps...