Month: July 2019

A Kingman man has died of injuries sustained in a Friday night traffic accident. The victim is identified as Charlie Gross, 36. Deputy Kingman Police Chief Rusty Cooper said investigators determined that Gross was northbound on Cantle Drive when he failed to negotiate a curve and the Ford F-250 truck he was operating struck a block wall at the intersection of Gordon Drive and Gordon Bay at about 11:00 p.m.  “Speed and alcohol are believed to be factors in the crash,” Cooper said. Gross was the lone occupant and no other vehicles were involved. Cooper said Gross was partially ejected…

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave County is implementing outdoor fire and permissible consumer fireworks use prohibitions on private and public lands in the unincorporated areas of the county, effective 8 a.m., Wednesday, July 24, 2019, due to the very high fire danger caused by extremely dry vegetation, lack of monsoon precipitation, and a significant increase in recent fire ignitions and fire service responses. Chairman of the Board of Supervisors Hildy Angius signed a Proclamation dated July 23, 2019, implementing the prohibitions. The prohibitions were recommended by the Mohave County Risk and Emergency Management Department, which issued a Determination of Fire Emergency…

Due to equipment delays, UniSource Electric is now planning a wire pull to replace a section of their circuit parallel to Beale Street and crossing Andy Devine which will require three phases of operations: Thursday 7/25 – a wire pull in the alley between 8th and 10th street Friday 7/26 – a wire pull between 10th St.  along Beale and ending at the SE corner of 1100 Andy Devine.  Tuesday 7/30 – will be the larger project with a pull from 8th Street to 1100 Andy For Friday and Tuesday we will need traffic control set up by 06:30 and tear down about 14:30…

The Mohave County Board of Supervisors has issued Stage 2 fire restrictions within the entire county. Based on this direction, the City of Kingman is instituting a fire burn ban effective immediately. The ban includes the prohibition of the sale of consumer fireworks as addressed in House Bill 1158. The ban also resends any open burn permits issued by the city of Kingman within the last 30 days. No burn permit applications will be accepted until further notice.