News


Press Releases


Back-to-school list: Check for free Wi-Fi

Blue-and-white Covington Connect signs mark ‘hotspots’   COVINGTON, Ky. – If you see one of the 118 blue-and-white signs newly mounted on poles around Covington, you’re in luck: Odds are you’re in a “hotspot,” and that means free Wi-Fi for you and your family.   Covington Public Works crews recently installed the signs to better identify areas in...

e-Gift card lets you Love The Cov’s businesses

Here are three of the 30 small businesses who have signed up to participate thus far in the all-digital Love The Cov e-Gift card. Already, 30 have signed up to participate COVINGTON, Ky. – Plagued with the nagging question of what to buy for (fill in the blank with name of impossible-to-buy-for friend or relative here)?  Renaissance Covington has a solution, and it’s one that spr...

Spike, Seymour & more

COVINGTON, Ky. – There’s so much to do in The Cov this weekend that we’ve decided that the weekend must officially begin tonight. (Well, maybe not officially, but deep down, we know it’s true.)   Hot sounds of summer It’s August. It’s hot.   But hotter than the Hot Magnolias? Likely not.   Catch the New Orleans-style sounds of this Cincinnati-ba...

The remnants of summer fun

(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is another in a series of recycling tips from the City of Covington's Neighborhood Services Department, Solid Waste & Recycling Division.) COVINGTON, Ky. -- Summer = swimming, gardening, backyard cookouts, and outdoor fun. With the season now officially half over (this week, we think), we bet that you like us were wondering how to limit the negative impact of that &ldquo...

New City Clerk Ellis a problem solver

COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington’s new City Clerk is an amateur genealogist, makes wine and names the labels after her family’s rescue dogs, and was a Girl Scout Troop Leader for 13 years.   But what Covington residents most need to know about Susan Ellis is that she’s a problem solver who loves to interact with the public.   For Ellis, each chapter of her professional...

City hiring for 2 new positions in storm water construction, maintenance

Public Works employees rebuild a catch basin in this file photo. COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington is looking for two people who can help its newly formed Storm Water Division get started.  Applications for the new positions of storm water maintenance supervisor and storm water maintenance worker will be accepted through Aug. 12.   Applicants can learn more about t...

‘Farm to Fork’ lets a chef take over

Some of the dishes at a previous year’s event … 5-course meal a fund-raiser for Covington Farmers Market COVINGTON, Ky. – There’s still time – but just a sliver of it – to secure a seat at one of the most creative culinary experiences in The Cov … so don’t lollygag (and while you’re at it, be sure to track down your best polka dots to wear)....

Get COVID-19 results the same day

One of the Johnson Street entrances (Photo provided by Gravity Diagnostics) At Gravity Diagnostics’ free drive-thru test site in Covington, no appointment is needed   COVINGTON, Ky. – With caseloads and deaths climbing again because of the highly contagious Delta variant, the demand for COVID-19 testing has risen accordingly.   Fortunately, Gravity Diagnostics and the City ...

From federal cases to ‘funky stuff’

When he isn’t knee-deep in legal issues, Michael Bartlett likes to fish. Here he is with a trout in Montana. Departing City Solicitor Bartlett looks back on career  COVINGTON, Ky. – If there’s one thing that Michael Bartlett learned in almost six years in the City of Covington’s legal office, it was to be alert and nimble.   “As the saying goes, no day is t...

Goetta, Spiderman & Private Eye Johnson

COVINGTON, Ky. – Lots to do in The Cov this weekend, starting tonight.   The Bard, jazz tonight! Yeah, this is the #Weekend piece. But we’re breaking our own rules because we just can’t ignore the The Cov-sponsored fun to be had tonight in Devou Park.   One, our Parks & Rec division is sponsoring Shakespeare in Devou Park: MacBeth. See HERE. Last week we quipped ho...
Page 71 of 193First   Previous   66  67  68  69  70  [71]  72  73  74  75  Next   Last