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City creating more outdoor dining

Parks and Facilities supervisor Brad Schwenke and technician III Richard Baucum (in the Bobcat) of Covington’s Public Works Department start the process of setting up an outdoor dining area outside Smoke Justis on the east side of Court Street. Temporary areas aim to help restaurants in Roebl...

City bolstering home-ownership dreams

Although the size and elongated shape of Covington make the details of this map difficult to read, the dots (color-coded by year) show how awards under the Homebuyer Assistance Program have been allocated in virtually every neighborhood. $$$ awards to increase in down payment program used in neighb...

Commission meeting open … sort of

The Covington Board of Commissioners has been meeting virtually since late March. Public can attend tonight with restrictions, or watch at home  COVINGTON, Ky. - For the first time in almost four months, tonight’s meeting of the Covington Board of Commissioners will be conducted in person...

Rumpke to start hour earlier on brutally hot days

COVINGTON, Ky. - On brutally hot days, the garbage trucks may be driving down Covington streets an hour earlier than usual.   In an effort to protect workers at Rumpke Waste & Recycling from heat-related illnesses like heat stroke and heat exhaustion, the City of Covington has agreed to let...

BCM & The Carnegie

COVINGTON, Ky. - This used to be quite the fun column to put together every week, chock full of quirky, celebratory, odd, entertaining, unique, and lively things to do.   Now? Eh, not so much.   We’re not going to kid you. What with the pandemic canceling events and leaving us reluct...

Goal of CDBG/HOME? Help people

One use for federal grants: Improving sidewalks and other streetscape elements to make downtown more conducive to business investment and job creation. Comment period ends Tuesday for federal grant programs  COVINGTON, Ky. - The Covington public has until the end of the day Tuesday, July 14, to...

Census ‘party’ Saturday at Randolph Park

Fill out form, get BBQ, and talk to business experts    COVINGTON, Ky. - The next stop in the Covington Census Committee’s tour?   Randolph Park.   On a mission to make sure every Covington resident is counted in the 2020 Census, the committee will hold a cookout Saturday...

Step 1 at Barb Cook: Out with the old

Laborer III Ryan Tuemler of Covington’s Public Works Department wraps a chain around a play-set post so technician III Harold “Hector” Klette – in the backhoe – can yank it out of the ground. Demolition begins work on Latonia park’s massive rebuild  COVINGTON...

Dogs, canoes, movies etc. etc.

Public can weigh in as Parks & Rec master plan nears completion   COVINGTON, Ky. - A proposed 10-year master plan for parks and recreation investments that is nearing completion in Covington is jammed full of exciting ideas to expand how residents and visitors interact with the outdoor...

An unusual 4th of July

COVINGTON, Ky. - Fireworks, cookouts, and lots of red, white, and blue (tho no parades in Covington).   Judging by the “booms” and “bangs” we hear outside our house every night, Americans plan to celebrate the nation’s independence this weekend in style, pandemic b...
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