This roof and the boiler and box gutter shown below were replaced over the last few years using grants from Covington’s Homeowner Repair Program.
COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington is looking for contractors to bid on $300,000 worth of small projects to help homeowners do emergency repairs.
The majority of the money helps low-income residents - especially elderly, disabled, and veteran ho...
COVINGTON, Ky. - Do you know someone under age 28 who had trouble with the law when they were younger but ever since has made great strides in turning his or her life around?
If so, the Kentucky Juvenile Justice Advisory Board would like to hear about him or her.
The JJAB’s Subcommittee of Kentucky’s Youth is seeking nominations for its Kentucky Spirit of Youth Award.
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A Covington Public Works crew worked furiously this morning to clear Amsterdam. The crew included, from left: grounds worker Chad Hyland (walking), laborer James Payne (driving the dump truck), and cement brick mason Gene Kohl (operating the mini excavator).
COVINGTON, Ky. - Amsterdam Road in Covington is closed while City of Covington Public Works crews clean up a mudslide.
Public Works Dir...
COVINGTON, Ky. - If you like listening to a band while you sip, there are plenty of places to do that in #LovTheCov this weekend, with concerts downtown, in MainStrasse Village and in.
There’s theater too, and a used book sale, and a fancy brunch where you can bring your dog, and a work event on a bike trail.
And, as usual, get your fresh vegetables and dozens of other things a...
COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington’s 2016-17 CAFR (or Comprehensive Annual Financial Report) is a 135-page set of financial statements with arguably more numbers than words.
People who read it tend to be accountants, auditors, financial advisers, investors, and debt managers - numbers-oriented people who not only speak their own language but also scrutinize to fine levels every numeral, detai...
The basketball courts are popular at Barb Cook Park, but what else should be added to the park?
COVINGTON, Ky. - The sole of many a shoe has been left thinner by the basketball courts at Barb Cook Park in Latonia over the years, and its swings and slides have left the seats of kids’ shorts and pants a little shinier.
But the City of Covington’s Parks & Recreation Department thinks ...
COVINGTON, Ky. - Many readers of Fortune magazine will soon learn this about Covington: It’s a “hotspot.”
How?
Because it’ll say those words, next to a picture of Covington’s skyline, right on Fortune’s cover.
Sort of.
Cincinnati Bell has purchased an “informational cover wrap” touting its partnership with the non-profit Renaissance Cov...
COVINGTON, Ky. - City administrators are proposing that Covington’s property tax rates remain unchanged in 2018.
The Covington City Commission gave first reading to rates of 0.327 for real estate and 0.349 for personal property - the same as the rates for calendar year 2017.
That translates to $3.27 per each $1,000 in assessed value of real estate. For example, the ...
This picture of the IRS, surrounded by the black wrought-iron fence, shows the proximity of the 23-acre site to the RiverCenter complex (in the background).
COVINGTON, Ky. - The Covington City Commission moved forward Tuesday night with three studies designed to ensure that economic development proceeds in a strategic, sustainable, and unfaltering manner whose benefit is felt citywide.
At it...
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The City of Covington is accepting applications for a Historic Preservation & Planning Specialist to join our Economic Development Department.
Job Title: Historic Preservation & Planning Specialist
Department: Economic Development Department
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