COVINGTON, Ky. – There’s a slight adjustment to the holiday trash pickup schedule we posted last week.
This part is still the same: Trash & recycling pickup for Covington residents will follow the normal schedule Monday-Friday next week leading up to New Year’s Day holiday, Rumpke Waste & Recycling says. (Commercial customers who usually see service on Saturday, howeve...
Just seconds after ignition, a Christmas tree whose needles were allowed to dry out becomes a fiery torch in this demonstration from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Covington fire officials offer tips on preventing holiday fires
COVINGTON, Ky. – The video, shown HERE, is breathtaking in a scary way.
Within mere seconds after flame is touched t...
(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. – Once your “live” holiday tree has lost its liveliness, we can help you give it a new (and eco-friendly) life – as a pile of mulch.
Likewise, your burned-out lights can have a bright...
COVINGTON, Ky. -- Merry Christmas from the City of Covington.
Offices at City Hall will be closed Friday, December 24 and Monday, December 27 but will reopen Tuesday at 8 a.m.
Stay healthy and safe.
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Bridget and Carlo Erna are preparing this apartment building for participation through the Housing Choice Voucher program.
Property owners, tenants say modern voucher program
helps meet need for affordable housing
COVINGTON, Ky. – When it comes to getting affordable housing on the market, Bridget and Carlo Erna don’t have time for tired old myths.
That’s why the...
COVINGTON, Ky. – The holidays are a lot of work: Wrapping, baking, decorating, stringing lights, cleaning etc. etc.
But as your trash and recycling carts start to fill up, there’s no need to stress: Trash & recycling pickup for Covington residents will follow the normal schedule next week leading up to Christmas. (The same will hold true for the week between Christmas and New Ye...
COVINGTON, Ky. – It’s that wonderful time of the year: Christmas carols, spiked eggnog, twinkling lights … and invites to parties that require – no, DEMAND – that you wear the ugliest sweater in your closet.
And if by chance you have more than one ugly sweater, why not wear them to all the cool events going on in The Cov this weekend?
There’s … a h...
Catrena Bowman-Thomas recently opened Inspired Fashion on Madison Avenue.
Acclaimed Small Business Program reaches 5-year milestone
COVINGTON, Ky. – Two new small businesses owned by women – a women’s boutique and a marketing consultant – and two commercial façade improvement projects are receiving financial help from the City of Covington.
The four awards mean the...
Covington Police Officer Josh Knott demonstrates his wrapping skills.
COVINGTON, Ky. – The smiling faces on the 22 children – and the 24 Covington Police Officers who participated in the Covington Police Department’s annual “Shop with a Cop” event on Wednesday – will put even the most bah-humbug Scrooge in the holiday spirit.
Each year, the FOP p...
The Enzweiler Building Institute (EBI) teaches a variety of skilled construction trades. (Photo courtesy of the EBI)
With demand for jobs high, shopping center to become workforce hub
COVINGTON, Ky. – A new school that teaches construction trades will open next year in Latonia.
The first classes at what the Building Industry Association of Northern Kentucky is calling “th...