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Krampus & the alpaca

COVINGTON, Ky. - In Covington, we make it easy to get much of your Christmas shopping done earlier - and support local artists, artisans, makers and designers in the process.   There are three different markets in #LoveTheCov this weekend, two indoors and one out.   Of course, if you don’t want to shop, you can also drink up at the annual Dark Charge festival, attend some holiday c...

Board of Commission Caucus Meeting Agenda 12-10-19

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$200K on table with 2nd ‘RIPPLE Effect’

Purchase of the commercial building at 717 Pike St. was part of the Lewisburg Thorofare proposal during the 2018 The RIPPLE Effect competition, and a new tenant – Salon Jade – has since received a Rent Subsidy grant from the City.   Local business districts compete for City money, services  COVINGTON, Ky. - The City of Covington is kicking off the second year of The RIPPLE E...

YMCA future: Hotel Covington addition

An artist’s rendering of the renovated site shows the restored turret. Bourbon trailhead, office space, jobs to go in historic space   COVINGTON, Ky. - Two historic buildings on one of Covington’s most visible intersections will be developed by the same people who created Hotel Covington.   After several weeks of buildup, the City of Covington, Salyers Group, and vR Group tod...

Turkey twisting & Tannenbaum

(EDITOR’S NOTE: “#Weekend in LoveTheCov” is being published on Wednesday this week because we don’t feel like working tomorrow. Next week, this regular feature returns to its regularly published regular time slot.)   COVINGTON, Ky. - We can read your mind, right this second:   You're thinking, “oh no, annoying relatives are coming to town...

The mystery deepens

COVINGTON, Ky. -- Landscape and maintenance worker Cory Herron, left, and technician Hector Klette from Covington's Public Works Department attached this banner today to the side of the buildings at Pike Street and Madison Avenue, deepening the public speculation over what is going in the spot. The City bought the buildings in late October "with the intention of reselling the property to a develop...

4 decades of public safety dedication retires

From left, newly promoted Captain Justin Wietholter, Chief Rob Nader, newly promoted Assistant Chief Brian Valenti, and retiring Assistant Chief Brian Steffen listen as the Board of Commissioners praised Covington’s police department as “the best police force in Kentucky.” Police, fire assistant chiefs praised as mentors  COVINGTON, Ky. - In an evening filled with effusive p...

New top deputy from Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Soon-to-be-Tennessee transplant Bruce Applegate begins Dec. 9 as assistant city manager in Covington. Assistant city manager hired with former Covington mayor’s help COVINGTON, Ky. - More than 140 people applied to be Covington’s new assistant city manager.   When the process was over, the candidate who emerged - the one deemed most qualified and the “best fit” by e...
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