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Day 1: 'This isn't your father's Covington'

An artist's rendering of the completed Duveneck Square project Energy at Pike and Madison contagious In honor of National Economic Development Week, May 7-12, Covington is calling attention to its aggressive efforts to work with its business community and other partners to generate jobs, attract investment and create a vibrant commercial and tourist economy. Today’s article focuses on the ar...

Covington’s UDRB panel attends all-day training

COVINGTON, Ky. –  The board responsible for promoting, preserving and protecting Covington’s historic and architecturally significant building stock went to school on Friday.  All nine members of Covington’s Urban Design Review Board attended daylong training put on by experts from the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions.  Trainers focused on an array of ...

Crews slaying invasive plants along Licking River trail

COVINGTON, Ky. – Hikers along the Licking River Greenway & Trail should be alert for chain saws and chemicals as work crews begin eradicating invasive and unwanted bushes and plants.  A contractor hired by the City of Covington, Groundwork Cincinnati, began work today, May 1, on the southernmost end of the trail near Holmes High School and will slowly move north. The periodic work w...

Historic Preservation Month celebrates Covington’s unique building stock

The building at 611 Madison Ave. that houses Octave bar and music venue was built as a bank in the 1860s. Its castle-like façade was reportedly imported from Germany. COVINGTON, Ky. - Considering she works in historic preservation, it’s not surprising that Emily Ahouse deals with myths.  Unfortunately, those myths sometimes give people a distorted sense of the purpose, logis...

Covington Adult Softball League to start play May 17

COVINGTON, Ky. - The addition of three teams to the league roster this week means the Covington Adult Softball League will begin play on May 17 with a full season of games.   The season was in danger of being canceled because too few teams had signed up (a problem that leagues across the nation are facing) - but Covington Parks, Recreation & Facilities officials extended the deadline and ...

Suspension Bridge to open this evening

COVINGTON, Ky. - The wait is over: The newly repaired Roebling Suspension Bridge between Covington and Cincinnati will open later today, four days ahead of schedule.   Mostly.   The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet told City of Covington officials this morning that the upstream walkway and the roadway will reopen this Friday evening by 6 to vehicles and pedestrians.   But the downstr...

Softball teams needed: Covington league in jeopardy

COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington’s Adult Softball League is in danger of being canceled this year due to lack of registrations. By Friday, the City’s Parks, Recreation & Facilities department needs two more teams to register in order to guarantee games will be played in the summer 2018 season. “We’ve advertised and advertised and made call after call to find those last ...

Wayman Branch Road repaired, to re-open Wednesday

(PHOTO CAPTION: Covington Public Works employees smooth out an emergency fix of Wayman Branch Road.) COVINGTON, Ky. - Road crews were finishing up the emergency repair of Wayman Branch Road in South Covington on Wednesday with the road expected to re-open by the end of the work day.   Covington’s Public Works Department shut down the road Monday and its crews worked around the ...

Rain delays Latonia Avenue reconstruction

COVINGTON, Ky. - The long-awaited reconstruction of Latonia Avenue will be delayed by the recent rain.   The contractor for the project, Riegler Blacktop, notified the City this week that complications from the wet weather will push back the anticipated start date of the project about two weeks - from the week of April 30 to the second week of May.   That new date also is dependent on th...

City hires law firm to sue opioid manufacturers, distributors

COVINGTON, Ky. - In a state ravaged by addiction to prescription pain-killers, Covington has seen its share of the damage.   From increased crime to overdose deaths to financial ruin to newborn babies suffering withdrawal symptoms, opioid misuse and abuse have created an array of shattering problems - and City of Covington service providers know the tremendous financial cost of responding to ...
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