Three scenarios for 23 acres continue the public discussion
COVINGTON, Ky. - “Green on the Levee” features a strong retail street grid oriented diagonally on the site with a gradual slope up to a massive park near the Ohio River.
“Love the Covline” features a linear park running north-south through the site with “bridges” from building ...
A sign on Amsterdam Road near Sleepy Hollow Road alerts drivers to Monday’s closure.
Site work soon underway for subdivision straddling Covington, Park Hills
COVINGTON, Ky. - Northbound Amsterdam Road running from Park Hills into Covington will close Monday morning to through traffic to make way for site work related to a pending housing development on the border of the two cities.
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Work will require periodic closures of remaining walkway
COVINGTON, Ky. - The temporary fix that will allow the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge to reopen until a more permanent repair begins next year is underway this week, the state says.
Scaffolding and netting are being placed on the bridge in hopes of reopening it by the end of this month, according to a news release distribut...
Does the Ohio River shoreline look cleaner? Thank these volunteers.
Tenacious volunteers clean the shoreline of trash
COVINGTON, Ky. - The numbers are in from the River Sweep event a couple of weekends ago: 45 volunteers spent 3 hours picking up 2,030 pounds of trash from 1 mile of the Ohio River shoreline in Covington.
"That's about 45 pounds per person," said Christin Badingh...
As Covington Mayor Joe Meyer cut the ribbon on the first of the Latonia bike racks on Thursday, the event was documented by Moonrise Doughnuts founder and owner Keith Bales, right, and Channel 9 news, left. Standing with Meyer are, from left: Covington City Commissioner Shannon Smith; Ride the Cov secretary Josh Hatton; Pat O'Donnell, president of the Latonia Business Association; Paul Patton of t...
Covington this week received the last piece of the financial puzzle that will allow a long-planned $690,000 storm sewer project to move forward in Peaselburg. The red oval encloses the project area.
$690K detention basins would hold back water
(EDITOR'S NOTE: A few of the dollar figures have been adjusted slightly upward from an earlier version of this release to reflect additional informati...
Some residents have had to toss possessions soaked by storm water and partially treated and diluted sewage that backed up into their basements.
COVINGTON, Ky. - At the City of Covington’s request, the Northern Kentucky Health Department is publicizing a list of precautions to help people in flood-affected areas “remain safe and avoid illness.”
The steps, which the City is...
High-efficiency lights were installed in Midtown Garage in mid-May.
LED lights in parking garages to save $50K a year
COVINGTON, Ky. - Drivers will appreciate the increased visibility. Conservationists will love their energy efficiency. Taxpayers will appreciate their longevity and cost savings.
There’s something for everyone to love about the addition of 500 high-efficiency LE...
Cement brick mason Gene Koehl of the Covington Public Works Department cleans branches and other debris from a culvert at the end of Wright Street.
COVINGTON, Ky. - A little more than a day after torrential rains sent torrents of water washing down streets in several Covington neighborhoods, the City is assessing the damage and responding in a variety of ways:
Crews from the Publ...
Cement brick mason Steve Banfield of the Covington Public Works Department cleans gravel and torn-up asphalt off the intersection of Montague and Amsterdam roads.
City crews cleaning up damage from overnight storm
COVINGTON, Ky. - Crews from the Covington Public Works Department worked throughout the night and all day today cleaning up damage across the city from torrential rains and heavy wind ov...