New contract for 10 roads in Covington should mean
quicker response, Public Works says
COVINGTON, Ky. – Drivers should experience smoother and safer travel on main routes through the City this winter.
Saying its Public Works crews are positioned to respond more quickly within Covington’s borders, the City of Covington is taking over the responsibilities of repairing poth...
This historic iron drinking fountain and the irrigation system in George Rogers Clark Park in the Historic Licking Riverside Neighborhood were funded by the Covington Neighborhood Grant Program.
City, CGN to hold virtual meeting Thursday to boost
participation in $60K grant program
COVINGTON, Ky. – Solar lights in Levassor Park. A drinking fountain in George Rogers Clark P...
Think you have a lot of leaves to rake up? Covington’s Public Works Department today began its annual tour across the city, picking up the mess of autumn on streets with trees in the public right of way.
Manning the vacuum on Greenup Street in this picture this morning is seasonal Prince Baker; blowing the leaves are, from left, seasonal Patrick Reynolds, laborer IV James Payne,...
The redevelopment of Peaselburg Park – the second City park/playground finished on an overlapping rehab schedule – relied in large part on community input.
Covington, Horizon Community Funds partner to build confidence
for private donations toward activities, facilities
COVINGTON, Ky. – It doesn’t have its own irreverent TV show, but what’s known as Park...
Look here to see when your street is scheduled
COVINGTON, Ky. – “Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree,” wrote English poet Emily Bronte some 200 years ago … but then she didn’t have to rake all those falling leaves. If she had, the “speaking” might have included the words of sailors instead of poets.
Ho...
(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. – Recycling is great, but prevention is better! Instead of letting junk mail and unopened magazines pile up, go to the source and get off those mailing lists before the junk mail comes your way.
A few ways to h...
The pandemic has forced many organizations and companies to work with skeleton staffing. That’s not true at the City of Covington’s Public Works Department.
Or is it?
Here, light equipment operator Joe Rump and his bone-man colleague – he who shows up during Halloween season – sweep the streets in the Monte Casino neighborhood.
The new detention basin above the Lewisburg neighborhood.
Drainage project designed to hold back 3.5MM gallons of rain
COVINGTON, Ky. – From Mont...
Drop-off events help residents with problematic waste disposal
COVINGTON, Ky. - Five special drop-off events in the coming weeks - with one starting Thursday - will give Covington residents additional opportunities to properly dispose of tires, appliances, yard waste, old cleaning chemicals, and other problematic materials.
The events:
The Kenton County Public Works Fall C...
COVINGTON, Ky. - (ABOUT THE PHOTO): Workers from DWA Recreation Inc. install playground equipment in Barb Cook Park today as Phase I of the Latonia park’s long-awaited renovation is under way.
Phase I will add an array of play equipment for young children (including a “playstructure,” swings, and “sway bench”), concrete walking paths, and features for family co...