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…
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Covington woman who died in single-car accident in Walton early Sunday morning has been identified
A Covington woman died in an early-morning accident Sunday in Walton. The Boone County Sheriff’s office has identified the woman…
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 Police D-Team works to clean up the city’s streets by helping to put ‘Dirt’ in jail for a long time
In August, 2018, a confidential and reliable informant (CI) contacted Detective Chris Dees of the Covington Police Department “D-Team” and…
Covington City Commission approves RFQ to develop a master plan for parks system
By David Holthaus NKyTribune reporter The City of Covington took a first step toward creating a master plan for its…
Covington’s ‘Living Mural’ is among the first in the country — world class art with vertical greenspace
Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky have many murals and several living walls, but Covington now has the Midwest’s first outdoor Living…
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…
Baker Hunt Art & Cultural Center announces spring art classes, limited number of scholarships available
The Baker Hunt Art & Cultural Center, situated in the Historic Licking Riverside District of Covington, has just released their…
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…
Covington’s new ‘Market Garden’ law lets urban farmers sell harvest; Sunday alcohol sales approved
By Ryan Clark NKyTribune reporter Community gardens will now be going to market. In other words, those who are growing…
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…
Renaissance Covington board selects Nick Wade of Heart of Danville as new executive director
Renaissance Covington has named Nick Wade of Heart of Danville as Executive Director after an extensive search. “After a rigorous…
Covington considering changes that city leaders say would strengthen Fiscal Stability Ordinance
Three times since Covington created what it called the Fiscal Stability Ordinance in 2015, two different City Commissions have voted…
Covington’s Lewisburg neighborhood wins RIPPLE funds; plan includes $2.8 million private investment
By Ryan Clark NKyTribune reporter A physical gateway arch. Streetscape installations. The acquisition and reconstruction of four properties. Then there’s…
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…
Applications for Center for Great Neighborhoods evening FreshLo Fellows class now open
The Center for Great Neighborhoods is now accepting applications for the next class of FreshLo Fellows. The FreshLo Initiative, funded…
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…
Covington commissioner wants resolution in support of pro-casino HB190 to help solve pension crisis
By Ryan Clark NKyTribune reporter It was an otherwise quiet, predictable gathering for Commissioners at their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday…
Details announced for Kentucky’s Edge Bourbon Conference & Festival, a signature NKY event
NKyTribune staff When people think of Kentucky, things like horses, bluegrass, and – of course – bourbon come to mind….
Covington attempted car-jacker gets cut by intended victim, faces up to 20 years in prison after guilty plea
NKyTribune staff A Cincinnati man who attempted to hijack a car from the Radisson Hotel in Covington got more than…
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…