Free computer signup under way; City seeking Wi-Fi spots   COVINGTON, Ky. - A few weeks in, and “Covington Connect” is surging forward.   Families of Covington schoolchildren who need a computer can now register to get a free one, thanks to the $2.5 million initiative whose goal is to destroy the digital divide in Northern Kentucky’s largest city.   The City and si...

The levee on the river side of the Glenway and Madison floodwall is sloughing toward the Licking River. Geotech survey to help City forge solution to levee sloughing  COVINGTON, Ky. - Neither a camera lens nor an untrained eye captures the gravity of the problem with the floodwall on the east side of Glenway and Wallace avenues.   When hikers on the Licking River Greenway and Trail look ...

Covington Parks & Rec Manager Rosie Santos waves at the camera before masking up at an activities drop-off event during the early stages of the pandemic. Santos is leaving the City for a new career opportunity. Santos leaving City for new role across the river  COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington is looking for a new Parks & Recreation manager as the person who now holds that title, Rosie Sant...

One use for federal grants: Improving sidewalks and other streetscape elements to make downtown more conducive to business investment and job creation. Comment period ends Tuesday for federal grant programs  COVINGTON, Ky. - The Covington public has until the end of the day Tuesday, July 14, to weigh in on how the City should spend over $4 million in federal funds aimed at neighborhood and do...

Laborer III Ryan Tuemler of Covington’s Public Works Department wraps a chain around a play-set post so technician III Harold “Hector” Klette – in the backhoe – can yank it out of the ground. Demolition begins work on Latonia park’s massive rebuild  COVINGTON, Ky. - Playground equipment in Barb Cook Park is being removed today as Phase I of the Latonia park...

Public can weigh in as Parks & Rec master plan nears completion   COVINGTON, Ky. - A proposed 10-year master plan for parks and recreation investments that is nearing completion in Covington is jammed full of exciting ideas to expand how residents and visitors interact with the outdoors and have fun.   Among the ideas?   A dog park or parks. ... Better canoe and kayak launc...

Starting July 1, it will cost less for Covington residents to drop off debris at the Covington Transfer Station. City residents benefit from Rumpke’s takeover of transfer station  COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington residents dropping off debris from, say, a kitchen rehab project could pay less than $20 at the Covington Transfer Station starting Wednesday, July 1.   Under the City’s n...

The closing of the massive IRS data-processing center late last year created both a financial hit and an opportunity. Pandemic, other pressures made complex task even more so  (EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of two releases on the City of Covington’s 2020-21 budget. This release focuses on context for the budget.)   COVINGTON, Ky. - It made one’s head whirl. &n...

Why do City of Covington officials emphasize the creation of jobs? Partly because payroll tax revenue provides almost half of General Fund revenue. Dog park, new home for Public Works, IRS site among investments (EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of two releases on the City of Covington’s 2020-21 budget. This release focuses on the numbers in the budget.) COVINGTON, Ky. - Design ...

The amphitheater designed as part of the City of Covington's Riverfront Commons continues to take shape on the banks of the Ohio River, courtesy of Prus Construction. This photograph was taken last week. For more information: http://bit.ly/2y6muqv