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Suspension Bridge work starts Monday

City welcomes project but fears impact on businesses   COVINGTON, Ky. – The Suspension Bridge will be reduced to one lane of traffic beginning Monday and closed to vehicles altogether starting Feb. 15, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet announced today.   The closure will last up to 10 months as part of a $4.7 million restoration project to fix crumbling sandstone on the north tow...

While most of us slept … Snow & Ice Team labored to keep roads safe

Lonnie Johnson, a light equipment operator with Covington’s Public Works Department, prepares to grab another load of salt at the City’s complex on Boron Drive this morning as crews continued to treat roads. COVINGTON, Ky. – The snow fell, the wind at times raged, and the slush on the ground froze and then refroze as surface temperatures fluctuated … but the snow-fighters ...

Board of Commission Meeting Minutes 01-26-21

Board of Commission Meeting Minutes 01-26-21

Young readers: 7,800 books & counting

The top finishers in the Winter Reading Challenge (clockwise from top left): Preschooler Maliyah Collins with her mother, third-grader Addison Johnson with her mother, second-grader Carter Hansen with his grandfather, first-grader Lamarck Carter with his mother, and kindergartener Jordan Geyer with his mother and brother. 5 win grand prizes in Mayor’s Winter Challenge  COVINGTON, Ky. &n...

Prep work on IRS site intensifies

City seeks firms for demolition, environmental hazards removal   COVINGTON, Ky. – Three underground fuel tanks. A 3,000-gallon underground concrete “vault.” A sprawling one-story brick facility whose “footprint” stretches across most of 17 acres. Asbestos. Lots of asphalt.   And cavernous physical plant rooms filled with wires, compressors, greasy gears, gen...

Small businesses: Apply for $$$ by Jan. 29

Covington’s Small Business Program has been used over the last few years to help entrepreneurs and small businesses like The Roost in Latonia. City offering help renovating exteriors, paying startups’ rent COVINGTON, Ky. – Small businesses in Covington have until Friday, Jan. 29, to apply for the next round of City help in paying first-year rent or fixing up their exteriors. Si...

New Covington officer has 25 years’ experience

New Covington Police Officer Jacob Noe displays his new badge as Police Chief Rob Nader and Mayor Joe Meyer look on. COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington’s newest police officer is a military veteran who has served the public by enforcing the law and protecting citizens in Kenton County for 25 years.  Jacob Noe, who retired from Kenton County Police in 2016 and has patrolled in the city of ...

King Day event: Time for action

4 Kenton cities pledge continued focus throughout year   COVINGTON, Ky. – If you missed the Martin Luther King Jr. Day virtual event on Monday evening sponsored by Covington and sister cities Independence, Erlanger, and Elsmere, you can still watch it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x67WXRDCgDc&feature=youtu.be   It’s just 24 minutes long but full of candid assessment:...

Civil rights legend Cunningham to speak at MLK event Monday

Raoul Cunningham has been fighting against injustice and inequality for over six decades.  4 cities’ virtual King Day celebration the start of regional conversation  COVINGTON, Ky. – A civil rights leader who started fighting for equality and justice at age 14 and has continued that fight for over six decades will be the guest speaker during a virtual event Monday night spons...
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