COVINGTON, Ky. – Trees aglow … the sound of caroling voices … the scent of hot chocolate spiked with peppermint wafting through a chilly evening wind … and traditions celebrated as revelers lift their glass in toast of December’s Dark Charge brew.
With turkey season (i.e. Thanksgiving) behind us, this weekend the signs, sounds, tastes, and spirit of the holiday ...
Diversity is a ‘core’ strength of the City, official says
COVINGTON, Ky. – “Where y’all really means all” isn’t some hyperbolic tagline for the City. It’s a fact and the “numbers” prove it.
The nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group has given the City of Covington the highest mark in its annual Municipal Equality Index, which m...
Classes to start Jan. 31 at Enzweiler Building Institute
COVINGTON, Ky. – An information session will be held Dec. 10 for prospective students of two long-awaited construction trades training programs opening in Covington in early 2023.
At the session, students can learn about curriculum and classes, how to apply, deadlines, tuition, scholarships, and other details for two separate but...
City’s first Historic Electric Sign incentive awarded
COVINGTON, Ky. – A vintage clothing shop, a minority-owned barbershop, a legacy business, two buildings long overdue for updates, and an event space that will receive funds from the City’s first Historic Electric Sign Project are the latest beneficiaries of the City of Covington’s internationally recognized Small Busi...
State project will mean safer, less congested Brent Spence
COVINGTON, Ky. – How drivers enter Interstate 71/75 in Covington just south of the Brent Spence Bridge will change at 5 a.m. Thursday as construction of the $8.8 million “Texas Turnaround” edges closer to completion, state highway officials announced today.
The state-funded project will reduce accidents and relieve ...
COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington canines will have their own little patch of green to play on this winter.
On Friday, Dec. 2, at 1 p.m., the City’s first dog park opens with a small ribbon-cutting event, featuring remarks from community leaders and elected officials.
“The facility is structurally complete,” said Ben Oldiges, the City’s Parks & Recreation Manager. ...
COVINGTON, Ky. – Here we are in your inbox on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving so that you can get started on the weekend festivities (which starts tonight and largely involves imbibing).
That’s not to say there isn’t more stuff going on this week after all the turkey business. Once the leftovers are stored, it’s time to commence with holiday shopping, which you can do ...
COVINGTON, Ky. – “Happy Thanksgiving” a day early from the City of Covington – exactly 403 years after the first Thanksgiving celebration was allegedly held in Virginia … 233 years after President Washington proclaimed the first nationwide celebration … and 83 years after President (Franklin D.) Roosevelt affixed a permanent date to the national holiday (...
Mary Kay Connolly, director of the City's Early Literacy Initiatives who coordinates Read Ready Covington, and Garret Freeman, an intern with Neighborhood Services, organize prizes.
Motivated young readers will earn prizes
COVINGTON, Ky. – ’Tis the season for young readers and pre-readers in The Cov to accept the mission at hand: the annual Mayor’s Holiday Reading ...
COVINGTON, Ky. – Emersion Design, LLC will help the City of Covington drastically improve both the look and function of a busy gateway that – to be polite – isn’t very inviting.
The company was awarded a contract after a vote of the Covington Board of Commissioners on Tuesday to redesign the Clay Wade Bailey Bridge Gateway into Covington from Cincinnati.
The redesign ...