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Bike plan effort update on Monday

Virtual public meeting will present draft recommendations, routes in Covington, Newport COVINGTON, Ky. – The public will have another opportunity to weigh in on an ongoing effort to make it safer and easier for individuals to travel by bicycle around Northern Kentucky’s urban core, whether for fun or commute. Bike advocacy organization Tri-State Trails (in partnership with ...

Jack-O-Lanterns, block party & collage

COVINGTON, Ky. – By now it’s readily apparent that Halloween is a LOT more than a single night of putting on a costume and going door-to-door for candy. For many people – and we will neither confirm nor deny that we’re among them – it’s a month-long state-of-mind that demands intense preparation for that one night. Seeing as how we’re coming down the fi...

401 Scott’s new life

Vacant Property Incentive  to help create office, retail space (EDITOR'S NOTE: An early version of this release inadvertently and erroneously listed addresses on Willard Street and Highway Avenue as having received this incentive.) COVINGTON, Ky. – Since its construction in 1865, the year Abraham Lincoln began his second term, the cornerstone building at 401 Scott Blvd. has...

Board of Commissioners Legislative Meeting Agenda 10/24/2023

Draft agenda, legislation, and minutes from the previous meeting.

Leaf pickup begins Oct. 25

Look here to see when your street is scheduled (and when to move your vehicles) COVINGTON, Ky. – “Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree,” wrote English poet Emily Bronte some 200 years ago … but then she didn’t have to rake all those falling leaves. If she had, the “speaking” might have included the words of sailors instea...

Covington Police Dept. gains 3 officers

Photo: Left to right, Chief Brian Valenti, Jacob Noe, Mayor Joe Meyer, Courtney Harkless, and Phouthakone  Homphothichack. 2 re-hires and a new recruit sworn in today COVINGTON, Ky. – Mayor Joe Meyer administered the oath of office to three police officers today at City Hall. For Phouthakone Homphothichack and Jacob Noe, it’s a return to serving the community as law enfor...

Sketchy dames, wine & awards

COVINGTON, Ky. – Friday the 13th and a spectacular solar eclipse on Saturday would seem enough for one weekend, but we don’t do “adequate” in The Cov. This week offers up art workshops, trail tidying, early Halloween fun, a musical, an awards ceremony, and a wine festival (and that’s not all), so no sitting home bemoaning that you’re bored. Get out there and ...

Act fast to get free tree for your yard

Covington Forestry program expands shade canopy in certain neighborhoods COVINGTON, Ky. – If you live in one of 12 neighborhoods listed below and want a free tree to plant in your yard – a big tree, not a tiny “whip” sapling – then act fast. Thanks to a Duke Energy Community Impact grant, Covington’s Forestry Division has 75 trees to give away, and th...

Covington property taxes due Monday

COVINGTON, Ky. – With the Oct. 15 deadline for payment falling on a Sunday this year, Covington property owners will have until the end of the day Monday – Oct. 16 – to pay their 2023 property taxes. Residents can pay their taxes online, by mail, by phone, or in person during business hours at City Hall, 20 W. Pike St. Payments sent in the mail must be postmarked Monday or bef...
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