This diagram from the 2013 Brent Spence Bridge Project Options Analysis shows the width of the proposed new project.
(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following op-ed was signed by the five members of the Covington Board of Commissioners.)
COVINGTON, Ky. – While we all recognize that the Brent Spence Bridge needs improvement, regional leaders who advocate for the current expansion plan on th...
The Covington Fire Department’s 2020 Fight for Air Climb team, with the gear they wore to climb 45 flights of stairs.
3-time Fight for Air Climb champs seeking donations
COVINGTON, Ky. – A new “playing field” and challenge will greet Covington firefighters April 25 when they defend their American Lung Association Fight for Air Climb title for the third time in a row....
(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. – By now you know you should NOT put plastic bags and film in your City of Covington recycling cart.
That’s because the bags wrap around the rollers that serve to sort the recycling – just ...
Legend has it that the legendary Kentucky statesman Henry Clay had a hand in this massive and ancient ginkgo tree being planted near Behringer-Crawford Museum in Devou Park.
City to write 20-year master plan for urban canopy
COVINGTON, Ky. – Unlike … say … marigolds (which take only about eight weeks to go from seed to flower) trees take decades if not longer to mature. S...
The 11th Street bridge has been closed to vehicles for eight years, even as the companion span for pedestrians just to the north has remained open.
Deteriorated vehicle span over RR tracks demolished soon
COVINGTON, Ky. – Work to build a new pedestrian bridge over the CSX railroad tracks at 11th Street will begin this month, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet announced today.
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Mayor Joe Meyer hands Bennie Doggett her proclamation during a ceremony held at the addition under construction at The Victorian at Riverside, where she now lives.
Social justice advocate Doggett honored for service to Covington residents
COVINGTON, Ky. – Back in the day, the woman known simply as Miss Bennie was a thorn in the side of the City of Covington.
But tod...
Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources technician Adam Cecil releases 750 rainbow trout into Prisoners Lake. (For more pictures, see the City’s Facebook page @covingtonkygov)
State’s FINs program stocks Prisoners Lake with trout
COVINGTON, Ky. – With a turn of a pipe’s cap on the back of a truck’s cold-water tank, fishing options in Covington...
The top photo shows the “radiator grille” that once covered 614 Madison Ave. The bottom photo shows the two buildings – 641 Madison and 19 E. Pike St., which wraps around it on two sides – as they looked last fall. The middle photo is a conceptual rendering from WorK Architecture + Design that shows a restored turret.
Transformation to create hotel suites, bourbon ‘ex...
Takeover of MS4 rainwater quality program to bring changes
COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington’s takeover of a limited part of storm water management in the city will change three things about the small monthly fee assessed residents for that management:
Residents will pay 10 percent less than they currently do.
Residents will be billed once a year instea...
Public can conduct business at Finance window;
pandemic-related safety protocols in place
COVINGTON, Ky. – Residents and businesses will be able to pay their bills and conduct business in person starting Monday at the Finance Department’s window in the lobby of City Hall.
With Gov. Andy Beshear reporting positive trends in the war against COVID-19 – cases in K...