COVINGTON, Ky. - Declaring that inclusivity and diversity are hallmarks of Northern Kentucky’s largest city, City of Covington officials are gearing up to participate in Sunday’s NKY Pride Parade.
The parade - whose theme is “Y’all Means All!: The Future is Bright” - will be led by Mayor Joe Meyer and Police Chief Rob Nader, riding in a golf cart. Further back ...
Volunteers of all ages help keep Covington beautiful, and visitors notice the effort.
COVINGTON, Ky. - With green-colored “map pins” arrayed like a general’s strategic deployment of resources, a new map on the City’s COVDATA website identifies a veritable army of volunteers working in neighborhoods across Covington to beautify their surroundings.
It’s called the...
You don't have to be Superman to save the earth. On World Environment Day, we tell you how.
COVINGTON, Ky. - Bet you didn’t know today was World Environment Day.
What can you do to celebrate? Change your habits, of course.
By ourselves, “saving the earth” seems like an awful big and discouraging task (ever heard of Sisyphus and his boulder?). So we’ve c...
Dr. Todd Sink is the City of Covington's Manager of Analytics & Intelligence
COVINGTON, Ky. - In a second-floor office far from the public eye, the City of Covington’s numbers guru, Dr. Todd Sink, is doing his thing: aggregating, organizing, labeling, checking, analyzing, warehousing, and updating data.
Lots of data. So far, in fact, 1.75 million different records.
Want...
Crews from Duke Energy examine the gas line break at 35th and Latonia.
COVINGTON, Ky. - Residents of a two-square-block area of Latonia were forced out of their homes for about two hours on Friday afternoon after a contractor working on the reconstruction of Latonia Avenue ruptured a natural gas line.
No one was hurt in either the incident or the evacuation, Covington Fire Chief Mark Pierce ...
Notice is hereby given that the City of Covington Motor Vehicle Parking Authority Board meetings will take place at 10:00 a.m. at City Hall, Commission Chambers, 20 West Pike Street, Covington, Kentucky, on the following dates; June 6, June 13, June 20, and June 27, 2018.
COVINGTON, Ky. - Attorneys have CLEs, doctors their CMEs. For people who work in the public sector to help local economies thrive, the ongoing training and education never stops either.
Covington Economic Development Specialist Ross Patten now has the initials after his name to prove it.
Patten this week was certified by the New York-based National Development Council as an EDFP - a ...
COVINGTON, Ky. - A free high-speed Wi-Fi network being launched June 8 means that visitors to Covington’s Central Business District will be able to connect to the Internet from sidewalks and outdoor tables - and also find ready access to a wealth of wayfinding information about events, entertainment, shopping, dining and nearby businesses.
The slogan is “Covington is about to ge...
COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington officials want help finding street lights that aren’t working.
“We have about 4,000 street lights in the City, plus some 300 to 400 decorative street lamps,” said Rick Davis, Covington’s interim Public Works Director. “They’re important for safety and security, and so we try to keep up with them. But that’s a lot easier if...
Upgrades to Randolph Pool are in Covington's 2018-19 plan for federal CDBG funds.
COVINGTON, Ky. – The Annual Action Plan is well-named.
It spells out how Covington – and, in some cases, nearby cities – plan to use up to $3.6 million from the federal government to take action that directly improves the lives of families.
The money comes from two federal sources with l...