(Photo provided by Welcome House.)
Goal of Welcome House shelter: Long-term housing stability
COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington is giving $367,720 to Welcome House of Northern Kentucky to help it operate a temporary shelter designed to help homeless individuals not only survive the winter but also find permanent, stable housing.
The Garden Center Winter Shelter opened Nov. 30 as...
Just 10 seconds after ignition, a Christmas tree whose needles were allowed to dry out becomes a fiery torch in this demonstration from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Covington fire officials offer tips on preventing holiday fires
COVINGTON, Ky. – The video, shown HERE, is breathtaking in a scary way.
Within mere seconds after flame is touched to a live Chr...
A new NKY Pride Center is opening two blocks from City Hall.
Decisive steps to create ‘welcoming’ community a part
of economic strategy to attract talent, officials say
COVINGTON, Ky. – The nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group says the City of Covington continues to take decisive steps – not just make empty promises and espouse platitudes – when it comes ...
(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. – First the bad news: Those oh-so-convenient plastic single-serve coffee pods (commonly known as K-cups after the company that trademarked them, Keurig Green Mountain) aren’t accepted by most recycling progr...
(Photo provided by Kentucky Transportation Cabinet)
Damaged upper deck removed, steel beams placed
COVINGTON, Ky. – Work on the emergency repair of the Brent Spence Bridge remains on schedule, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials said today during a progress report with regional media.
“We literally have all hands on deck as crews work around the clock to restore the ...
Supplies went fast at the first COVID Box distribution in November.
Be Concerned, City giving away cleaning, hygiene supplies
COVINGTON, Ky. – If you live in Covington and need cleaning and hygiene supplies related to COVID-19, Saturday is the second distribution under a program that Be Concerned: The People’s Pantry is calling Co³ -- or “Co-cubed.”
Co³ st...
Designation honors ornate Basilica, other buildings
COVINGTON, Ky. – It’s technically unfinished.
But the “finished” parts of the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption – inside and out – make the Covington building arguably the most ornate and stately edifice in all of Northern Kentucky:
A stunning 67-foot by 24-foot mosaic of color deemed the ...
COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington has brought its animal control ordinance more in line with regulations adopted by Kenton County for its Animal Services office.
After weeks of discussion, the Covington Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night approved changes that adopt the County’s “Community Cat Program” (through which stray cats are captured, spayed or neutered, and rele...
Drop-off locations accepting non-working holiday strands
COVINGTON, Ky. – It’s one of the enduring and aggravating mysteries of the holiday season: When you put away your decorative lights last year, they worked, but when you get them out this year, they don’t.
(Or, often, only half the strand lights up – no matter how many of those little fuses you repl...
Ever-changing forecast requires preparation, flexibility
COVINGTON, Ky. – City of Covington Public Works crews have spent the day preparing to handle whatever this evening’s weather storm brings to the city’s roads, whether it’s snow, ice, layers of the two, or nothing problematic at all.
“All the trucks are set up and ready to go, the salt dome is full,...