Covington residents weigh in on Greenup, Scott proposals to return streets to 2-way traffic
About 75 people attended an open house Wednesday evening to give input on proposals that would return traffic flow on…
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City of Covington develops guidelines for $60k neighborhood improvement program
By Ryan Clark NKyTribune reporter Neighborhood organizations, are you ready to help your communities? As part of the 2019 budget,…
Covington to host Kentucky Main Street Conference, events include workshops, bourbon-tasting tour
For the past forty years, Kentucky Main Street has been advocating for Main Streets, both urban and rural, across the…
Covington’s commitment to green infrastructure saluted with award from Arbor Day Foundation
Covington planted hundreds of streetscape trees last year, paid for by a federal grant and put in the ground with…
Covington Business Council rolls out new plan for enhanced services to downtown — COV NOW
The Covington Business Council plans to roll out a new initiative designed to bring enhanced services and programs to downtown…
NKY Restoration Weekend coming up, celebrating ‘old’ and helping historic homes remain assets
NKY Restoration Weekend is Saturday at Newport Intermediate School, 95 West 9th Street. It’s a free event on a myriad…
City of Covington crafts debt management policy; hires consultant to help collect back taxes
By Ryan Clark NKyTribune reporter In April 2017, the City of Covington received its credit rating from the Moody’s financial…
Lewisburg ‘wins’ rights to The RIPPLE Effect; City to help implement public-private ‘Thorofare Project’
A vote of the Covington City Commission formalized what had already been unofficially announced: The first big splash of The…
American Heart Association honors Covington ambulance crew’s fast, precise work with award
EDITOR’S NOTE: A three-man ambulance crew with the Covington Fire Department received an award Wednesday from the American Heart Association….
Party touts Adopt-A-Spot success; volunteer program beautifies Covington, one location at a time
The street gutters along East 13th and Wheeler streets routinely have less trash than they used to. The dirt hole…
Wanted: Dinner hosts for low-key confabs discuss the future of the IRS site in Covington
The next phase of Covington’s efforts to solicit the public’s ideas for the soon-to-be-vacant 23-acre IRS site is banking on…
City of Covington provides information on how to report a pothole and who is responsible for repairs
The City of Covington’s pothole repair crews have been out fixing the damage done to street surfaces by winter’s freezing…
Educator, human rights advocate join Housing Authority of Covington board
A long-time educator and a human rights advocate are the newest members of the Housing Authority of Covington’s board of…
City of Covington invites residents to help shape zoning code rewrite through input at open houses
The City of Covington is inviting the public to four neighborhood open houses over the next two weeks to begin…
Piece by piece, the massive Madison Overlook floodgate along Covington’s riverfront takes shape
Parks and Facilities Supervisor Brad Schwenke picked up a 10-lb. sledgehammer and gave the steel stanchion three hard blows. It…
Covington’s new grant writer on the trail of money; ‘there are some funds we haven’t gotten to yet’
At its core, Meganne Robinson’s mission at the City of Covington is simple: Help the City search under proverbial rocks…
How high’s the water, Mama? 51 feet and rising (quickly); Covington to install floodgate early Monday
Traffic at the foot of Madison Avenue will be cut to one lane in the morning as crews from the…
Early morning beer in the Cov? Exception would allow alcohol sales at 6 a.m. on St. Paddy’s Day
By Ryan Clark NKyTribune reporter The green beer will be flowing pretty early this St. Patrick’s Day if a new…
City of Covington: Misconceptions surrounding Section 8 housing program fuel landlord shortage
Section 8 isn’t what you think it is. That’s the City of Covington’s message as it searches for landlords in…
Covington to replace most of city’s concrete public trash receptacles with metal cans this spring
Covington has agreed to accept a Wisconsin company’s bid to replace public trash receptacles on street corners. That may not…
Outgoing Renaissance Covington leader celebrates past year; new executive director in place by March
By Ryan Clark NKyTribune For Katie Meyer, it was something akin to a victory lap. Meyer, who in December announced…
Feds investigating suspicious packages sent to the offices of the Diocese of Covington
Suspicious packages sent to the Covington offices of the Diocese of Covington have been turned over to the FBI and…