From left, newly promoted Captain Justin Wietholter, Chief Rob Nader, newly promoted Assistant Chief Brian Valenti, and retiring Assistant Chief Brian Steffen listen as the Board of Commissioners praised Covington’s police department as “the best police force in Kentucky.”
Police, fire assistant chiefs praised as mentors
COVINGTON, Ky. - In an evening filled with effusive p...
COVINGTON, Ky. -- “Happy Thanksgiving” a few hours early from the folks here at City Hall - exactly 400 years after the first Thanksgiving celebration was allegedly held in Virginia ... 230 years after President Washington proclaimed the first nationwide celebration ... and 80 years after President (Franklin D.) Roosevelt affixed a permanent date to the national holiday (changing ...
COVINGTON, Ky. - The remains of that fantastic Thanksgiving Dinner (well, we hope it turns out “fantastic”) won’t sit in your garbage container this week any longer than it normally would.
Garbage collection in the City of Covington will occur on regularly scheduled days this week: Rumpke drivers will be following the normal routes, and the holiday should cause no delays o...
The design on RCov's "Shop Small" tote bag available Saturday
Saturday event, City programs focus on Covington businesses
COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington isn’t a big-box shopping mall kind of place.
One of the City’s strengths and appealing qualities is its eclectic collection of unique small businesses, with retailers who sell everything from bagels to books and curated home...
The City of Covington gave permission for two crosswalks to be painted with rainbow colors this year, making its support for the LGBTQ community visible.
National group: City backs 'welcoming' talk with policy;
local economy benefits
COVINGTON, Ky. - The nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group has given the City of Covington high marks for how its laws, policies, ...
COVINGTON, Ky. - It’s the big lull before the holidays, when we all take a breath before the panic (and the hyperventilating) of the Thanksgiving to New Year’s to-do list kicks in.
But that doesn’t mean you need to stay home.
Here in #LoveTheCov, we have a comedy show, the opening on an art gallery, a production at the Leapin’ Lizard, acrylic pouring class, th...
Millions in federal funds used to help residents, businesses
COVINGTON, Ky. - Residents and businesses in the City of Covington could stand to lose almost $22 million over the next 10 years if the 2020 Census is no more successful than the 2010 Census in making sure every Covington resident is counted, City officials say.
Some 13 percent of Covington’s budget comes from direct ...
The Covington Fire Department's rescue boat, at its current (temporary) home.
Covington awarded grant to buy space at new Ohio River dock
COVINGTON, Ky. - When a runaway barge demolished the Ludlow Bromley Yacht Club recently, Covington firefighters rushed to the scene - not in a shiny red truck ... but in a 35-foot rescue boat.
Covington’s “Fire Boat 1” - powered b...
Report details work to reach ‘safe, decent and sanitary’ standards
COVINGTON, Ky. - Restoring the apartments at Covington’s City Heights public housing complex to “safe, decent and sanitary” standards would cost almost $51 million, with the cost of a total modernization estimated at over $84 million.
That’s according to an independent Physical Need...
Streetscape project an investment in economic development
COVINGTON, Ky. -- Workers with Adleta Inc. construction are making progress on the $1.37 million Sixth Street and Scott Boulevard Restoration Project.
Here, workers dig up the sidewalk and bury the utilities on the north side of Sixth, in-between Madison Avenue and Scott Boulevard.
Work on the long-discussed, federal...