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Savvy assistance for City’s businesses

Small-business “coach” Lisa Brann works out of an office on Pike Street to help businesses in Covington and elsewhere. ‘Coach’ doles out help as needed from Pike St. office COVINGTON, Ky. – When businesses and entrepreneurs in Covington need assistance – whether that’s fleshing out a business plan, finding resources, navigating the red tape of pandem...

Recycle that tangled mess of holiday lights

Drop-off locations added for non-working strands COVINGTON, Ky. – Among the many things that bring us together during the holidays is the collective aggravation of plugging in the just-purchased holiday lights that worked fine last year and finding not a single bulb aglow. (Or worse still, half of the lights work, which baits us into believing we can fix the whole string with a replace...

CANCELLED - Parking Authority Board Meeting, 12/01/21

The Covington Motor Vehicle Parking Authority Board Meeting scheduled for December 1, 2021 at 10:00 AM has been cancelled.

Board of Commissioners Legislative Meeting Agenda 11-30-21

Draft agenda, legislation, presentation, and minutes from the previous meeting.

Police Dept. again awarded ‘rare’ affirmation

Covington remains 1 of only 3 police agencies in Ky. to earn independent accreditation COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington’s Police Department remains in rare company, having – again – passed an internationally recognized independent organization’s rigorous, years’ long assessment of Covington’s professionalism, policies, leadership, and standards. This ...

7 firefighters 'pinned'

From left, Nick Martini, Mark Otte, Grant Howell, Heston Hughes, Brian Meyer, Mark Guttridge, and Robert Honaker. Training complete, (experienced) Covington hires take oath, start work COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington has seven new (experienced) firefighters. Having completed 10 weeks of in-house training, the seven were officially “pinned” with their Covington Fire Department...

Shop local & dulcimers

COVINGTON, Ky. – This week’s Weekend in #LoveTheCov comes to you a day early on what many know as the busiest bar night of the year (while others know it as the day when they rarely leave their kitchen, busy with prepping for tomorrow’s Thanksgiving meal). To each his own. All that really matters is that your holiday is a good one. Once you’ve finished your feast, ...

Put a lid on it (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. – It’s not enough to know whether to recycle a food or drink container … you also need to know what to do with the lids and caps. The easy solution? Think about it by categories: Plasti...

City Hall closed Thursday, Friday

COVINGTON, Ky. – “Happy Thanksgiving” a couple of days early from the City of Covington – exactly 402 years after the first Thanksgiving celebration was allegedly held in Virginia … 232 years after President Washington proclaimed the first nationwide celebration … and 82 years after President (Franklin D.) Roosevelt affixed a permanent date to the national hol...

Ready, set … read

Mayor’s Holiday Reading Challenge motivates young readers COVINGTON, Ky. – If past participation is any indication of the voracious appetite and competitive spirit of Covington’s young readers and pre-readers, then it’s not a stretch to say that there was a robust “game on” declared when the 2021 Mayor’s Holiday Reading Challenge kicked off this past Su...
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