(EDITOR'S NOTE: Confused about what you can and can’t recycle, not to mention the “where” and “how”? Let Covington’s Solid Waste & Recycling team break it down for you.)
COVINGTON, Ky. – Whether you’re shutting down your pool, clearing out beach bags, ridding your backyard of summer party remnants, or still cleaning up the back-to-sch...
COVINGTON, Ky. – Hypothetically speaking, let’s say you just spent almost two weeks off the grid canoeing in the Canadian wilderness.
Your party saw almost no one, but you did witness the Northern Lights (3x) ... discover pictographs and petroglyphs … had semi-close encounters with howling wolves … heard the “whack!” of beavers’ tails and the tremolos...
Community outreach, constant improvement among priorities of Police Department’s new leader
COVINGTON, Ky. – Like his predecessor, Covington’s new police chief began his career as a patrol officer in the city 25 or more years ago and knows every facet of both the community and the department.
That extensive experience, Chief Brian Valenti says, has equipped him with:
...
Wall Street affirms Covington’s financial stability
COVINGTON, Ky. – The City has received an A1 credit rating from Moody’s Investors Service for the third year in a row.
The A1 rating is one of the highest ratings a debt issuer can receive, classifying Covington’s general obligation bonds as investment grade and subject to low credit risk. The rating strengthens the ...
WE REMEMBER: With their suddenness, violence, and scope, the horrific events that transpired 21 years ago tomorrow traumatized America.
Even here in Covington, 650 miles from the collapse of the Twin Towers after a coordinated terrorist attack, residents found personal connection to the tragedy beyond just the newly discovered sense of national vulnerability: Some of us knew a victim of the 9-1...
New tax rate a historical low for Covington
COVINGTON, Ky. – Property tax bills for the 2022 calendar year will be sent to Covington residents next week and payment is due by midnight Oct. 15.
Residents have five different ways to pay:
Online: PAY TAXES HERE.
By mail: P.O. Box 122655, Covington, KY 41012-2655.
By phone: Call (859) 292-2180 and choose “option ...
COVINGTON, Ky. – As weekends go, this weekend looks like a mighty good one, with plenty to do by way of a festival with ample good beer (and more), a party and a market with lots of local art to peruse and purchase, celebrities to celebrate, authors telling good stories, and musicians making good music.
So, get out there and enjoy yourself.
Prost!
If you think the weddings are lavis...
Covington’s Historic Licking Riverside Neighborhood – seen in blue – encompasses the northeastern sliver of the city.
Civic Association proposing revisions to permit parking
COVINGTON, Ky. – The Covington Board of Commissioners is considering changes proposed by residents of the Historic Licking Riverside neighborhood to an existing residential parking permit program....
COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington is looking for an architectural firm to design a new City Hall.
The City issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) on Sept. 1 for a “qualified, competent, knowledgeable, and experienced architectural firm” to design a new City Hall that will be a vibrant and open space, accessible to community residents – and that would end local gove...
Let’s keep Covington’s First Responders safe this holiday weekend
COVINGTON, Ky. – Note that offices at City Hall at 20 W. Pike St. will be closed Monday for the federal Labor Day holiday but will reopen at 8 a.m. Tuesday.
We all know that Labor Day was created by the labor movement in the late 19th century as a day designated to honor the American worker and became a feder...