2020 - The Standard Newspaper

Many area restaurants set to re-open on Monday

Pam Wanner6 years ago1 mins

MOHAVE COUNTY – Restaurants meeting certain criteria can welcome dine-in customers once again starting next Monday. There are many unanswered questions regarding whether customers are ready to return and which eateries will open or remain closed. “Some people are very excited to be opened again and some people are a little hesitant so I think it’s just going to depend on the restaurant owner and how they want to handle it,” said Becky Fawson, Executive Director for the Kingman Area Chamber of Commerce. “We’re getting out visiting places and making calls to find out who’s opening.” Fawson said the Chamber…

Court News

Killer pleads guilty, faces 25 years

Pam Wanner6 years ago2 years ago2 mins

KINGMAN – A Kingman woman was killed because she already had custody of one of her daughter’s children and threatened to take custody of her unborn son. Admissions defendants made in the murder of Shawn Vanover, 62, were detailed Wednesday in Mohave County Superior Court. Mark Baldonado, 32, pleaded guilty to first degree murder. He must serve at least 25 years in prison when sentenced June 5. Prosecutor Jacob Cote said Carrie Vanover, 21, was pregnant when she and Baldonado conspired to kill her mother to prevent her from taking custody of their son. Cote said Vanover told authorities the…

High-speed fiber broadband venture moving forward

Ron Martin6 years ago3 mins

BULLHEAD CITY – Mohave Electric Cooperative is another step closer to making fiber-optic broadband service a reality for its members with approval by the Arizona Corporation Commission of a financing application in a unanimous 5-0 vote of the Commissioners. In a first-of-its-kind endeavor for an electric cooperative in Arizona, MEC, in partnership with service provider TWN Communications, announced in October a goal to bring fiber-optic based internet access to members in all of its service territory. In January MEC was awarded an $805,500 grant from the Arizona Commerce Authority for Phase One of the Fiber Project. “This is an ambitious project…

Opinion

God bless America

Pam Wanner6 years ago2 mins

Dear Editor, As the Covid-19 pandemic and social distancing continues, I’m amazed how everything is blamed on our president. There are no boundaries only invisible lines we’re not allowed to cross or even mention. How did we get here? There is a lot that has set things in motion and this pandemic is no joke, it kills. How can we blame the president for this? There has been the most outrageous accusations that I have ever heard. One being that it’s the president’s fault that we don’t have toilet paper! Really. Where can we draw the line? Is it really…

Opinion

God bless America

Ron Martin6 years ago2 mins

Dear Editor, As the Covid-19 pandemic and social distancing continues, I’m amazed how everything is blamed on our president. There are no boundaries only invisible lines we’re not allowed to cross or even mention. How did we get here? There is a lot that has set things in motion and this pandemic is no joke, it kills. How can we blame the president for this? There has been the most outrageous accusations that I have ever heard. One being that it’s the president’s fault that we don’t have toilet paper! Really. Where can we draw the line? Is it really…

Scammers using Zelle for money transfers

Pam Wanner6 years ago2 years ago2 mins

MOHAVE COUNTY – The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office would like to inform the community of a scam that has increased in popularity recently. Over the course of six weeks, they have received four calls of citizens being scammed out of money after attempting to purchase an animal over the internet. Three of these scams have taken place in the last two weeks. The victims all claim they attempted to purchase a pet (two dog incidents and two cat incidents) on various pet adoption websites across the country. The victims were contacted by the “seller” and told to pay various amounts…

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Year: 2020

Many area restaurants set to re-open on Monday

Killer pleads guilty, faces 25 years

High-speed fiber broadband venture moving forward

God bless America

God bless America

Scammers using Zelle for money transfers

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