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Mayor declares State of Emergency

Local order speeds City response to pandemic   COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington Mayor Joe Meyer declared a formal State of Emergency in the city of Covington this morning, a legal maneuver that speeds the City’s ability to take actions to protect the public and mitigate the impact of the spread...

Trusted, up-to-date info on COVID-19

COVINGTON, Ky. -- The City of Covington reminds you to rely on trusted sources of information about COVID-19 and its public impact. These websites are trustworthy and updated often: The Northern Kentucky Health Department - http://bit.ly/3b8PtLR. The Commonwealth of Kentucky --&nb...

Parks & Rec activities ratcheted back

Bicyclists use the upper trail of the Licking River Greenway & Trail on a prettier day. Trails, green spaces still open  COVINGTON, Ky. - The City of Covington is refunding shelter reservations, canceling its upcoming Easter Egg Hunt, and making other significant adaptations to programs, ac...

Helping the hungry in unprecedented times

Pantry creates ‘safe’ ways to pick up food, donate   COVINGTON, Ky. - As the contagious COVID-19 spreads across the nation, Covington’s largest pantry has two challenges getting food to people who desperately need it:  Making sure it has food to give. Getting tha...

New Covington officer has 26 years’ service

Covington Mayor Joe Meyer, left, and Police Chief Rob Nader stand with new officer Alex Turner just after he was sworn in.   COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington’s newest police officer has served in law enforcement for over 26 years and is a military veteran as well.  Alex Turner - most recen...

City public safety: We’ll be there for you

But residents should note small changes in procedure   COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington’s police and fire departments are implementing small procedural changes to increase protection from the new and extremely contagious strain of coronavirus hitting the nation, but those changes won’t in...

City: Beshear’s closing of dining rooms, bars ‘devastating … but necessary’

  Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced aggressive new measures to limit public contact across the state, including Covington, during his live-streamed press conference this morning, one of numerous he’s held in the past couple of weeks. Unemployment benefits rules to be loosened dur...

Free meals for Covington students

Covington schoolchildren can pick up free meals at almost a dozen locations Monday through Friday on days that schools are closed.   See the attached flyer for details on the program set up during temporary school closures in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Stay healthy & safe

COVINGTON, Ky. - We will not be publishing our #Weekend in LoveTheCov narrative events calendar this week.   One, we appreciate the opportunity to distract and entertain. But our usual jocular and irreverent approach (and any attempt at gallows humor) would be tone deaf given the magnitude of t...

City buying IRS site

Chance to reshape ‘our identity and economics’ long into the future   COVINGTON, Ky. - The City of Covington will soon own 23 acres of land once described by an East Coast commercial developer as one of “the most exciting land redevelopment opportunities between Baltimor...
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