The OSHA heat index, designed to protect workers during hot weather
COVINGTON, Ky. - On brutally hot days, the garbage trucks may be driving down Covington streets an hour earlier than usual.
In an effort to protect workers at Rumpke Waste & Recycling from heat-related illnesses like heat stroke and heat exhaustion, the City of Covington has agreed to let Rumpke begin residential and commercia...
Some 300-400 people a day come to the Latonia Water Park/Splash Pad on weekends.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Since the publication of this article, the Water Park has been repaired and is open.)
COVINGTON, Ky. - Electricians and Covington Public Works technicians are working furiously to fix the water filtration system at the Latonia Water Park/Splash Pad heading into what is expected to be the hottest weeken...
Volunteers of all ages help keep Covington beautiful, and visitors notice the effort.
COVINGTON, Ky. - With green-colored “map pins” arrayed like a general’s strategic deployment of resources, a new map on the City’s COVDATA website identifies a veritable army of volunteers working in neighborhoods across Covington to beautify their surroundings.
It’s called the...
You don't have to be Superman to save the earth. On World Environment Day, we tell you how.
COVINGTON, Ky. - Bet you didn’t know today was World Environment Day.
What can you do to celebrate? Change your habits, of course.
By ourselves, “saving the earth” seems like an awful big and discouraging task (ever heard of Sisyphus and his boulder?). So we’ve c...
Crews from Duke Energy examine the gas line break at 35th and Latonia.
COVINGTON, Ky. - Residents of a two-square-block area of Latonia were forced out of their homes for about two hours on Friday afternoon after a contractor working on the reconstruction of Latonia Avenue ruptured a natural gas line.
No one was hurt in either the incident or the evacuation, Covington Fire Chief Mark Pierce ...
COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington officials want help finding street lights that aren’t working.
“We have about 4,000 street lights in the City, plus some 300 to 400 decorative street lamps,” said Rick Davis, Covington’s interim Public Works Director. “They’re important for safety and security, and so we try to keep up with them. But that’s a lot easier if...
Upgrades to Randolph Pool are in Covington's 2018-19 plan for federal CDBG funds.
COVINGTON, Ky. – The Annual Action Plan is well-named.
It spells out how Covington – and, in some cases, nearby cities – plan to use up to $3.6 million from the federal government to take action that directly improves the lives of families.
The money comes from two federal sources with l...
Linden Avenue was one of the streets in Covington repaved in 2017.
COVINGTON, Ky. - Trucks, equipment and crews are scheduled to descend on the corner of Garrard Street and ML King Jr. Boulevard/12th Street on Thursday for the tentative start of Covington’s annual summer street resurfacing program.
Over the next three months, Bluegrass Paving, Inc. of Florence will lay a smooth layer of...
A pedestrian bridge installed Friday will carry the paved portion of the Licking River Greenway & Trails over 16th Street as part of Phase ll and lll.
COVINGTON, Ky. - With a crane operator’s deft touch and the helping hands of construction workers waiting to guide it into place, a metal pedestrian bridge was lowered gently into its position on the Licking River floodwall on Friday, crea...
Hector Klette, a technician in the Parks and Facilities division of Covington’s Public Works Department, tears up an old concrete pad at Annie Hargraves Park.
COVINGTON, Ky. – After several years of gathering ideas, planning and raising funds, site work has begun on a resident-led project to re-imagine and remake two small parks next to each other in the Old Seminary Square neighborhoo...