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Whatever sacrifices necessary ...

The Northern Kentucky Regional Rifle Team gives a 21-gun salute. Annual service in Covington honors 37 fallen peace officers COVINGTON, Ky. - The annual ceremony to honor Northern Kentucky peace officers who have died in the line of duty played out this morning near the Covington riverfront in a cacophony of sound: ...

No retreat on recycling

The paper line at Rumpke’s recycling operation (Photo courtesy of Rumpke Waste & Recycling) Covington efforts gaining momentum despite pullback elsewhere   COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington residents should continue recycling paper products, and residents should rest assured that those products and others are going to mills to be broken down and reused - NOT dumped into landfills.   T...

Covington police promotions ‘perfect candidates’

Covington Police Chief Rob Nader, center, stands with Officer Joshua Bornhorn, left, and Sgt. Darrell Lee, right, after the City Commission promoted Bornhorn to sergeant and Lee to lieutenant. COVINGTON, Ky. - The two men approved for promotion within the Covington Police Department tonight were perfect candidates for advancement, Chief Rob Nader said. “They’ve both been with Covingt...

‘BeSpoke,’ explained

Public invited Thursday to engage in City Hall visioning effort   COVINGTON, Ky. - A 16-member citizen task force has been meeting with a consultant once a month to create a vision for what a permanent City Hall complex - if and when the City of Covington were to build one - should “be” and “do” for its citizens.   On Thursday, a public summit will deepen the conv...

Board of Commission Meeting Minutes 5-14-19

Board of Commission Meeting Minutes 5-14-19

Deadline today for neighborhood grants

Neighborhood banners are one example of small projects that are eligible for the City of Covington’s new Neighborhood Grant Program.   COVINGTON, Ky. - Today is the deadline for neighborhood groups to apply for small grants from the City to fund things like banners and signs, planters, and clean-up and beautification initiatives and events.  “We haven’t received as many...

2019 CDBG/HOME Community Needs Public Hearing Scheduled

COVINGTON, Ky. - The Covington City Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 6:00 pm in the City Commission Chambers, 20 West Pike Street, Covington, Kentucky 41011. The purpose of this public hearing is to obtain the views of citizens, public agencies, representatives of adjacent units of general local government and other interested parties regarding the Annual Acti...

Duveneck, Vivaldi, Queer Soup & the Bridge

COVINGTON, Ky. - Cloning yourself wouldn’t be enough. Your clone would then have to clone itself - and maybe repeat the process once again - to take in all the events happening in Covington this weekend.   (Seriously, talk about calendar conflicts.)   There’s the symphony, a couple of fabulous art shows, festivals, plant sales, a pub crawl to benefit a bridge, more benefits (...

In which we brag on 1 of our economic development interns …

City of Covington intern Isaac Daily recently accepted his “Outstanding Student” award in NKU’s College of Informatics.  COVINGTON, Ky. - Excuse us while we brag about one of our interns.  Isaac Dailey, who graduates this month from Northern Kentucky University in Communication Studies & Public Relations, started his temporary gig in the City’s Economic Deve...
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