With light streaming in the windows of Ninth Street Baptist Church in Covington’s Eastside, recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine at Saturday’s event hold up their cards. (Photo courtesy of NKY Health) At special vaccination event in Eastside, a reminder of pandemic’s toll  COVINGTON, Ky. – Some 275 people were given the COVID-19 vaccine at an event the City of Covington ...

This diagram from the 2013 Brent Spence Bridge Project Options Analysis shows the width of the proposed new project. (EDITOR’S NOTE: The following op-ed was signed by the five members of the Covington Board of Commissioners.)  COVINGTON, Ky. – While we all recognize that the Brent Spence Bridge needs improvement, regional leaders who advocate for the current expansion plan on th...

As Black History Month unfolds, Covington’s elected Board  finds itself more diverse than ever   (EDITOR’S NOTE: To be African-American and elected to City office in Northern Kentucky is rare. To be African-American and serve alongside a colleague who also happens to be African-American might be unprecedented. Yet as Black History Month kicks off this week, two of the four Ci...

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State Rep. Buddy Wheatley, at far right, administers the oath of office to, from left, Commissioners Tim Downing and Ron Washington, Mayor Joe Meyer, and Commissioners Shannon Smith and Michelle Williams. But inauguration reception canceled by pandemic COVINGTON, Ky. – The “pomp” was non-existent. The “circumstance” was limited to the bare minimum required by law. Bu...

Board of Commission Meeting Minutes 12-22-20

COVINGTON, Ky. – It took an after-dark knock on the door from Police Chief Rob Nader, but the City of Covington found a way – despite COVID-19 – to formally say “good-bye” to City Commissioner Denny Bowman.   More than a “good-bye,” however, it was gratitude that the City wished to convey on this, the last meeting of the 2019-20 Board of Commissioners...

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