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CovData: Grants helped 14 neighborhoods

$170K spread throughout The Cov (Editor’s note: CovData Shorts is a series of articles published regularly by the City of Covington to help residents better understand their City government’s operations.) COVINGTON, Ky. – When neighborhoods have a plan and the desire to improve their communities, they turn to the City for financial help. Covington leaders created the Nei...

Lederhosen, carnival & fall fest

COVINGTON, Ky. –  It’s festival time in The Cov this weekend with the return of several annual events: Oktoberfest, the annual “twilight” event at Baker Hunt Art & Cultural Center, and a festival for families and young children. There’s also plenty of live music, football-watching events, the weekly farmers market, food tour, and more. Sippin’ &am...

Realtors® tout The Cov’s ‘Best Places’ honor with ‘Open House’ showing available homes

Event this weekend to showcase Covington listings COVINGTON, Ky. –  When Money magazine selected Covington as one of the “50 Best Places to Live in the U.S.” earlier this year, Realtors® in Northern Kentucky took notice. The magazine, which releases its list of the best places to live on an annual basis, included Covington among its 2024 honorees based on the city&...

Read Ready Covington early childhood fest celebrates learning through fun

  Free event Saturday for kids up to 6 COVINGTON, Ky. – Saturday morning will be packed with fun, learning, community spirit, and more – all part of an organized effort aimed at helping Covington children get a strong start in their school careers. The third-annual Early Childhood Fall Fest  -- a free event sponsored by the Read Ready Covington (RRC) Coalition, the C...

freshART, book fair & music fest

COVINGTON, Ky. –Whether you’re an aficionado, connoisseur, aesthete, fancier, or enthusiast of art, books, and music, The Cov is the place to celebrate all that and more this weekend. There’s going to be creativity galore playing out on canvases, bookshelves, and the stage, so scroll down, find what suits you, and plan accordingly. Creating a creative sanctuary Looking t...

From ‘ducks’ to firefighters

16 weeks of training complete, Covington pins badges on nine new members of its Fire Department COVINGTON, Ky. – In a pinning ceremony laced with history and tradition, nine recruits were sworn in Friday at City Hall as full-fledged Covington firefighters. It was a 16-week journey … a journey that – according to the recruits’ instructors and trainers – was l...

After 28 years, Police ‘records guru’ retiring

Michelle Robinson-Wilson was drawn to a career in public service in Covington by the example of her firefighter father (at left in the historic photo), and her grandfather, who was an auxiliary officer for the then-Latonia Police Department.   Chiefs: Robinson-Wilson epitomized importance of ‘non-sworn personnel’ who make the Department run COVINGTON, Ky. – Michelle Ro...

Pops, junk & fireworks

COVINGTON, Ky. – If you’re sticking around town this Labor Day Weekend – as opposed to venturing out into what dang near every news outlet says will be record crowds at airports and on interstates – there’s no need to feel let down. There is plenty to do right here in The Cov. And we’re not only talking about the 48th annual Western & Southern/WEBN firewo...

City offices closed Monday

Let’s keep Covington’s First Responders safe this holiday weekend COVINGTON, Ky. – Note that offices at City Hall at 20 W. Pike St. will be closed Monday for the federal Labor Day holiday and will reopen at 8 a.m. Tuesday. We all know that Labor Day was created by the labor movement in the late 19th century as a day designated to honor the American worker and became a feder...

The Cov wins gold … and silver(s) and bronze

World’s largest economic development professional group gives City 5 awards for projects, outreach COVINGTON, Ky. – The world’s largest council of economic development professionals has awarded Covington five 2024 Excellence in Economic Development Awards, honoring work on: The emerging Covington Central Riverfront neighborhood. The Covington Academy of Heritage Tr...
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