Backhoe operator Lonnie Johnson dumps a load of salt into a Kenworth dump truck driven by fleet mechanic Doug Meyung and driver Danny Peters. Public Works crews plowing, salting streets through the night COVINGTON, Ky. – Bright lights, blowing snow, lots of noise, and carefully choreographed action. That was the scene late into Monday night at the City of Covington’s salt dome on Bor...

Registration available online, by phone now for priority categories   COVINGTON, Ky. – A new COVID-19 regional vaccination site is opening in Covington, and registration began this evening, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has announced.   People who fall into high-priority categories (see below) can sign up to get the COVID-19 vaccine at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center at Riverc...

Ben Broomall, a groundsworker in the Devou Park/Forestry Division, turns Christmas trees into mulch near the Ohio River floodwall. Holiday recycling programs save landfill space  COVINGTON, Ky. – Efforts to recycle and repurpose holiday-related waste in Covington this season gathered in over a quarter-ton of burned-out light strings and a veritable forest of dried-out evergreens.  ...

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Can this be recycled?: Yes, no, sometimes   (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. – ... in which Rumpke Waste & Recycling helps us shed light (in rather specific fashion, we point out) on every recycler’s haunting question: &l...

As Black History Month unfolds, Covington’s elected Board  finds itself more diverse than ever   (EDITOR’S NOTE: To be African-American and elected to City office in Northern Kentucky is rare. To be African-American and serve alongside a colleague who also happens to be African-American might be unprecedented. Yet as Black History Month kicks off this week, two of the four Ci...

The former IRS parking lot on the west side of Johnson Street has been transformed into a free, by-appointment COVID-19 drive-thru testing facility.  Sign up online for no-wait drive-thru site at old IRS lot COVINGTON, Ky. – Need a COVID-19 test?   Here’s a reminder that you can get one for free with little wait in Covington … but you have to sign up online.   The...