COVINGTON, Ky. – Offices at Covington City Hall will be closed Monday for the federal holiday, Washington's Birthday (often referred to as Presidents' Day).
Offices will reopen at 8 a.m. Tuesday.*
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*Note, however, that operations at City Hall have been affected by the pandemic:
The lobby remains closed to the public.
Staff has been encouraged to limit face-to-face ...
The mosaic sign in MainStrasse Village will be repaired. (photo by Jake Ryle, WCPO)
Beautification ideas include banners, benches, trees, and flowers
COVINGTON, Ky. – Seven more neighborhood groups will receive funding from the City of Covington for small improvement projects ranging from park benches to solar lampposts to a trash can shaped for pizza boxes.
The funding – totali...
COVINGTON, Ky. – Trash will be picked up today in the City of Covington but recycling won’t.
Nevertheless, you should place both of your carts (trash and recycling) at the curb on your regularly scheduled collection day, and crews from Rumpke Waste & Recycling will empty the carts as soon as they’re able.
Rumpke, which holds the City’s waste-hauling contra...
Backhoe operator Lonnie Johnson dumps a load of salt into a Kenworth dump truck driven by fleet mechanic Doug Meyung and driver Danny Peters.
Public Works crews plowing, salting streets through the night
COVINGTON, Ky. – Bright lights, blowing snow, lots of noise, and carefully choreographed action.
That was the scene late into Monday night at the City of Covington’s salt dome on Bor...
Registration available online, by phone now for priority categories
COVINGTON, Ky. – A new COVID-19 regional vaccination site is opening in Covington, and registration began this evening, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has announced.
People who fall into high-priority categories (see below) can sign up to get the COVID-19 vaccine at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center at Riverc...
Ben Broomall, a groundsworker in the Devou Park/Forestry Division, turns Christmas trees into mulch near the Ohio River floodwall.
Holiday recycling programs save landfill space
COVINGTON, Ky. – Efforts to recycle and repurpose holiday-related waste in Covington this season gathered in over a quarter-ton of burned-out light strings and a veritable forest of dried-out evergreens.
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Can this be recycled?: Yes, no, sometimes
(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. – ... in which Rumpke Waste & Recycling helps us shed light (in rather specific fashion, we point out) on every recycler’s haunting question: &l...
As Black History Month unfolds, Covington’s elected Board
finds itself more diverse than ever
(EDITOR’S NOTE: To be African-American and elected to City office in Northern Kentucky is rare. To be African-American and serve alongside a colleague who also happens to be African-American might be unprecedented. Yet as Black History Month kicks off this week, two of the four Ci...