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County Corner

September 17, 2024

Hello my beloved Mohave County!

I am certainly looking forward to the fall and cooler weather!

I wanted to share with you that your 2024 property tax statements will be coming out toward the end of this month.They will have a new and improved design for better readability and significant cost savings! The new one-page statement is more efficient and fits on a single legal-sized page! Saving on paper, postage and printing! That’s a 9% reduction in cost, that is nearly $13 thousand dollars in savings!

Hospital district board approves additional $2.3 million IGA with KRMC

September 16, 2024

KINGMAN – The Board of Directors of the HDOMC (Hospital District Number One of Mohave County) on August 29, approved an IGA (Intergovernmental Agreement) with KRMC (Kingman Regional Medical Center) to provide matching funds of $2.3 million for an AHCCCS (Arizona Health Cost Containment System) program, APSI (Access to Professional Services Initiative).

According the AHCCCS website, this program provides “enhanced support to certain professionals,” and aims to “preserve and enhance access to these professionals

CEOs of Albertsons and Kroger says shoppers would see lower prices after merger

September 12, 2024

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The chief executive officers of Kroger and Albertsons insisted Wednesday — under questioning from the federal government — that merging would allow the two supermarket companies to lower prices and more effectively compete with retail giants like Walmart, Costco and Amazon.

Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen and Albertsons CEO Vivek Sankaran appeared in Oregon’s U.S. District Court to testify against the Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to block the proposed merger of their companies.

Comparing apples to oranges

September 11, 2024 No Comments

Dear Editor,

Just like Donald J. Trump, my Father’s brother was clipped in the ear by a Japanese sniper during WWII. Miracles are all around us with the known and unknown, and some make good with those miracles and some don’t, and Trump didn’t. He said his brush with death made him a changed man.

He said he was going to play nice and reunite the country. But instead, he went right back to his hate rhetoric and divisiveness. Just another promise of his that hit the dust.