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Belly dancing & ‘bundles’

COVINGTON, Ky. – The odds of you wanting to leave your house this weekend are slim. We get it. We’d just as soon stay put too. Make a fire, grab a book, drink hot chocolate, or warm up with bourbon. But … we have a job to do, and that job is to inform you of the always cool, wonderful, entertaining, tasty, and just plain overall worthwhile things to do in The Cov, come wee...

Board of Commissioners Legislative Meeting Agenda 2/8/2022

Draft agenda, legislation, and minutes from the previous meeting(s).

Behind scenes, grant writer found $$ for big projects

City of Covington grant writer Meganne Robinson is leaving the City and going west. Robinson leaving to go west; City seeking applications COVINGTON, Ky. – Grant writer Meganne Robinson will soon leave the City of Covington knowing that her work behind the scenes was critical to moving forward a number of important projects. Take, for instance, the Restoration Trades School in the w...

Rumpke: Put out containers tonight

COVINGTON, Ky. – Rumpke Waste & Recycling is asking Covington residents whose trash and recycling is collected on Thursdays to put their carts out this evening. With the winter storm hitting the region early Thursday, Rumpke said its crews will be out earlier than usual to service as many residents as possible before road conditions deteriorate. The company said that if its drivers...

Our cup runneth over (with this news)

(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. – Cue up Anna Kendrick’s “Cups” song and grab a plastic container to “pop” on the table, because today’s recycling tip isn’t just a helpful reminder but God&rsquo...

Winter storm gonna be ‘ugly’

Daniel Chumley, left, and Doug Meyung mount a snow plow on a City of Covington Public Works truck. The two are mechanics in the Fleet Division. Rain, bitter cold to complicate road crews’ response COVINGTON, Ky. – It’s going to be “ugly.” As crews from Covington’s Public Works Department prepare for the coming winter storm, its leaders say drivers shoul...

O’Rourke Wrecking to demolish IRS site

City OKs contract, work to start next month COVINGTON, Ky. – Almost 55 years after it opened and 2½ years after it closed, the sprawling IRS data processing facility will soon cease to exist. The Covington Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night voted 5-0 to hire O’Rourke Wrecking Company of Cincinnati to demolish the sprawling one-story “Flat Top” complex, rip...

Special Meeting Notice - Human Rights Commission 02/10/2022

A Special Meeting of the Human Rights Commission will be held in person on Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall, 20 W. Pike Street, Covington, KY 41011 for the purpose of conducting the business of the regularly scheduled meeting that was to occur on February 3, 2022.  An agenda is attached hereto and incorporated by reference.

CANCELLED - HRC Meeting 2/3/2022

The Human Rights Commission Meeting scheduled for February 3, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. has been cancelled.

Deadline approaching for neighborhood $$$$

Projects funded through the City’s Neighborhood Grant Program have included signs, banners, picnic tables, benches, dog waste stations, flower pots, and landscaping. Competitive grant program accepting applications until Feb. 14 COVINGTON, Ky. – Neighborhood organizations have a slim window of time – until Feb. 14 – to apply to the City of Covington’s Neighborh...
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