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Kentucky’s Edge rides the ‘amber wave’

10K people a day expected for bourbon conference, festival   COVINGTON, Ky. - License plates from far-away states are already appearing in Covington's parking garages and hotel parking lots as visitors descend on the region for the inaugural two-day Kentucky's Edge Bourbon Conference & Festival this weekend.   Some 10,000 people a day are expected for the celebration, which pairs a ...

Board of Commission Caucus Meeting Agenda 10-08-19

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Board of Commission Meeting Minutes 10-01-19

Board of Commission Meeting Minutes 10-01-19

Colorful mural a tribute to hoops star

From left, Sam Becker, Thad Becker, Alexander Giehl, and Jarrod Becker – all of Covington design firm BLDG Refuge – paint the mural on George Stone Court. Covington’s Stone Court 1st to be painted in region-wide initiative   COVINGTON, Ky. - George Stone died 26 years ago, but those who saw the Covington native play basketball say this: He could score - a lot and in a ...

Would Covington support a dog park?

On the last day of the swim season each year, Covington Parks & Rec opens Goebel Pool to dogs and their owners. Now the City is asking whether residents would support a dog park. Meeting tonight seeks input for ongoing Parks & Rec master plan   COVINGTON, Ky. - Does Covington need a dog park?   If so, where? How big? What should it look like? How should it be funded? Would reside...

New zoning administrator ‘a perfect fit’

Covington’s new zoning administrator, Dalton Belcher, is helping to transform the City’s approach to zoning.   Religious, legal studies provided unique training for Paintsville native   COVINGTON, Ky. - The City of Covington’s new zoning administrator once wrote a 15-page school paper examining a single Bible verse, worked for a video productions company that filmed leg...

Familiar face to run Public Works on temporary basis

Chris Warneford will oversee the Public Works Department in Covington on a part-time, temporary basis. COVINGTON, Ky. - A familiar face will oversee Covington’s Public Works Department on a part-time temporary basis while the City searches for a permanent director.  The City has hired Chris Warneford, who ran Kenton County’s Public Works Department from 1992-2001 and 2010-2015. ...

An era’s end: ‘Flat Top’ shuts down after 52 years

The Kentucky Post photographed the massive site near Fourth Street being cleared for the IRS center in the mid-1960s. Notice how the size of the site dwarfs the bulldozer. (Photo courtesy of the Kenton County Public Library) 1,100 miles away, architect who designed IRS center laments closure  COVINGTON, Ky. - More than 52 years after it opened, the federal government’s massive tax...

Akilah, pumpkins & 'Miscast'

COVINGTON, Ky. - A homemade salsa contest and a big pile of pumpkins for sale in a patch to rival Linus van Pelt's naïve trust of faith (though honestly we hear the voice not of Charlie Brown but of Jack Skellington as we type this) ... yeah, it’s getting to be autumn.   But ... there’s plenty of other things to do in #LoveTheCov this weekend, what with a one-night ...

Board of Commission Legislative Meeting Agenda 10-01-19

  Draft Agenda
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