Supplies went fast at the first COVID Box distribution in November.
Be Concerned, City giving away cleaning, hygiene supplies
COVINGTON, Ky. – If you live in Covington and need cleaning and hygiene supplies related to COVID-19, Saturday is the second distribution under a program that Be Concerned: The People’s Pantry is calling Co³ -- or “Co-cubed.”
Co³ st...
Designation honors ornate Basilica, other buildings
COVINGTON, Ky. – It’s technically unfinished.
But the “finished” parts of the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption – inside and out – make the Covington building arguably the most ornate and stately edifice in all of Northern Kentucky:
A stunning 67-foot by 24-foot mosaic of color deemed the ...
COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington has brought its animal control ordinance more in line with regulations adopted by Kenton County for its Animal Services office.
After weeks of discussion, the Covington Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night approved changes that adopt the County’s “Community Cat Program” (through which stray cats are captured, spayed or neutered, and rele...
Board of Commission Meeting Minutes 12-01-20
Drop-off locations accepting non-working holiday strands
COVINGTON, Ky. – It’s one of the enduring and aggravating mysteries of the holiday season: When you put away your decorative lights last year, they worked, but when you get them out this year, they don’t.
(Or, often, only half the strand lights up – no matter how many of those little fuses you repl...
Ever-changing forecast requires preparation, flexibility
COVINGTON, Ky. – City of Covington Public Works crews have spent the day preparing to handle whatever this evening’s weather storm brings to the city’s roads, whether it’s snow, ice, layers of the two, or nothing problematic at all.
“All the trucks are set up and ready to go, the salt dome is full,...
City urges ‘safe,’ energetic support of its retailers, employees
COVINGTON, Ky. – In 2020, the “shop local, shop small” message oozes urgency and significance.
Heading into “Small Business Saturday” – the traditional and ceremonial start to the annual holiday shopping season – City of Covington officials are emphasizing the need t...
Covington has rented signs to keep wayward trucks on state-governed routes.
Covington continues efforts to keep trucks off City-owned streets
COVINGTON, Ky. – In his periodic update on the status of the Brent Spence Bridge repairs today, Kentucky Transportation Secretary Jim Gray gave positive news:
The first of the new steel beams needed to replace those damaged in the fiery infe...
This historic iron drinking fountain and the irrigation system in George Rogers Clark Park were funded by the Covington Neighborhood Grant Program.
City extends deadline for applications
COVINGTON, Ky. – Neighborhood associations and others will have an extra month to submit applications for grants of up to $5,000 from the City for small projects in their communities.
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