'Covington Connect’ targets digital divide for students, their families
COVINGTON, Ky. -- Over 400 free, refurbished desktop computers were given to families of Covington schoolchildren earlier this week, the first distribution event held as part of the "Covington Connect" initiative to demolish the digital divide here.
Cars lined up in the parking lot in front of the old Valu...
Zapata Cantina joins internationally-themed dining scene in historic spot
COVINGTON, Ky. - After months of buildup, on Wednesday it officially happened: Covington has a new restaurant named after a Mexican revolutionary and folk hero and co-owned by a veteran restaurateur who was in 2019 was named Ohio Restaurant Association’s Restaurateur of the year for southern Ohio.
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Dari-Crest by Bean Haus is the latest exciting business redevelopment
Latonia has been receiving great news on the Covington economic development landscape. A few months ago, the City featured the two firms, ReGadget and Blair Technology, that bought the old Value City and Burlington Coat Factory storefronts with plans to renovate the two facilities to serve as new homes for forward thinkin...
Board of Commission Meeting Minutes 09-15-20
Non-profit(s) needed to direct assistance for COVID-19 relief
COVINGTON, Ky. - The City of Covington is looking for help spending $100,000 on food for residents affected by COVID-19.
Recognizing that the pandemic has damaged many people’s ability to feed themselves and their families, the City today announced it was seeking proposals from organizations to direct and manage the ...
Organizers galvanized by enthusiasm for ‘going green’
COVINGTON, Ky. - Organizers of the annual Recycling Drop-Off Day for Electronic Waste and Paper Shredding in Covington say the almost unbelievable numbers from the event have only one conclusion: People want to be “green.”
Just shy of 400 (398) cars dropped off material this year, almost triple the 160 that...
ABOUT THE PHOTO: The late morning edition of The (now defunct) Kentucky Post based in downtown Covington was in the finishing stages of going to press Sept. 11, 2001, when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into floors 93-99 of the North Tower.
Editors watching the events on television had time to insert two photos and a "Planes ram Trade Center" headline above the masthead of the Kentucky...
Assistant Fire Chief Chip Terry served in Covington for almost three decades. (Photo used with permission from Katie Woodring Photography.)
Pandemic bolsters need for training inspired by late fire chief
COVINGTON, Ky. - Even aside from her own family’s personal tragedy, Jo Terry knows well the urgency, the prevalence, and the depth of post-traumatic stress for firefighters and...
COVINGTON, Ky. - The Carnegie’s innovative walking-tour version of “Godspell” was going to be the featured attraction this week, but it just sold out.
That leaves more room and time to talk about two fascinating additions to small business in The Cov: One’s a toy shop/art gallery, the other is an innovative German-style walk-up coffee shop and dessert place.
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