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Artist needed to create landmark public installation at CCR

Photo 1: This detail from a conceptual rendering from KZF Design and Hub+Weber Architects suggests how the public art installation (yet to be created) could fit into the space at Third and Russell streets. Photo 2: Some of the “artifacts” saved from the IRS Flattop complex. The Carnegie, CGN kick off competition for privately funded sculpture COVINGTON, Ky. – Done r...

Covington urges legislators to protect local control of short-term rentals

City: Proposed legislation to erase vacation-rental regs would undermine neighborhoods’ character COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington is voicing its opposition to a well-financed attempt in the Kentucky General Assembly to give out-of-state vacation rental platforms like Airbnb the unfettered right to operate in cities like Covington on their own terms. The attempt &ndash...

Bonded Spirit & cleanup info session

COVINGTON, Ky. – If you’re seeking out sipping and singing this weekend, you will want to spend your Saturday in The Cov. The Bonded Spirit Music Festival happens on Saturday and with that comes the Bonded Spirit Music Trail, and that trail is all over The Cov (there’s a map for it, so you’ll know where to find the tunes you want to hear). There’s also yoga, St....

Preservation Excellence awards to honor projects, people for historic rehabs

COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington’s Historic Preservation Office is accepting nominations for the Covington Preservation Excellence Awards. “The awards honor projects that have preserved or revitalized historic buildings throughout our community,” said Covington Historic Preservation Officer Kaitlin Bryan. The deadline for nominations is 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, April...

CovData: In the Cov, employees steadily returning to the office

(Editor’s note: CovData Shorts is a series of articles published regularly by the City of Covington to help residents better understand their City government’s operations and the city itself.) COVINGTON, Ky. – During the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, many workplaces utilized work-from-home strategies as a way to protect employees from an infectious virus about which ...

Government transition effort seeking input through forums, online survey

Among questions: # of council members, election structure COVINGTON, Ky. – Through an on-line survey and two community forums (with the first next week), Covington wants to hear from its residents and business community on key questions related to the new version of its elected body that will take office in early 2027. As the current Board of Commissioners (led by a mayor) morphs into ...

Covington seeking finance director

Covington Finance Director Steve Webb is crossing the Ohio River to take the same job in Cincinnati. Current director, Steve Webb, taking top job at Cincinnati COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington is looking for a finance director to replace Steve Webb, who is leaving to take the same position at the City of Cincinnati. The job posting on Covington’s website can be seen at F...

Reading Challenge begins March 4

Covington preschoolers through 3rd grade invited to participate in Read Ready Covington event COVINGTON, Ky. – Read Ready Covington’s “reading challenge” starts Tuesday for children in preschool through 3rd grade, and -- for those who accept the challenge – there are prizes involved. The 2025 Read Across Covington Reading Challenge, which runs April 8, is a w...

Wildflowers, plogging & Mardis Gras

COVINGTON, Ky. – As Valentine’s Day morphs into Ash Wednesday, fun in The Cov this weekend revolves around parade floats, slimflower scurfpeas, and plogging. Or, alternatively: opportunities for big-time fun (beads, floats and “big heads” at the annual Mardi Gras parade) … learning (all about Kentucky wildflowers at a venerated Devou Park museum) … and serv...

‘Plogging’ event Saturday blends exercise, litter pickup

COVINGTON, Ky. – Volunteers will fan out in several Covington neighborhoods Saturday to pick up litter while getting exercise during the third-annual “Plogging Across the Bluegrass” event. You can register at Plogging Registration. The event – whose name employs the semantic merger of the Swedish term “plocka upp” (meaning “to pick up”) and the...
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