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900 classic cars filled downtown Kingman for 37th Annual

KINGMAN — If you were anywhere near Beale

Mahjong: Keeping the mind sharp

KINGMAN – Does Mahjong improve memory? Clinical evidence strongly

9th Annual Car and Cycle Show

KINGMAN – Journey Church will be hosting a

Road rage shooting near Kingman Walgreens yields mandatory

KINGMAN — A road rage incident that ended

Bullhead City sting nets another sex predator prison

BULLHEAD CITY — Another man snared in a

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Klippenstein speaks at Rotary

Featured speaker at Kingman Route 66 Rotary Club’s January 24 meeting was Mohave Community College’s (MCC) Kingman campus President (and fellow Rotarian), Dr. Stacy Klippenstein. As of July 1, Klippenstein became MCC’s sixth president. Having earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Secondary Education and Master of Education in Student Affairs Administration at Montana State University, Klippenstein went on to be awarded his Doctor of Education at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. From there, he began his career in higher education at Northern Arizona University in 1996, where he worked in the Office of Residence Life and Facilities…

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Toppled cylinder clogs traffic

KINGMAN – A cylinder toppled into a pickup truck on W. Beale Street Tuesday, resulting in significant traffic congestion in downtown Kingman. Police responded to the incident at about 9:50 a.m. Deputy Kingman police chief Rusty Cooper said the mishap occurred when a semi pulling a flatbed trailer loaded with an empty liquid nitrogen cylinder pulled onto the arterial from a private driveway. “The motion of the trailer rolling over the curb caused the chains used to secure the load to break,” Cooper said. “The large cylinder rolled off of the trailer onto the roadway and into a Ford pickup…

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Always Ahead

A Short Story by Jack Mint The lights of the side-by-side bumped up and down on the desert road. A little of my ninth beer spilled on my shirt on a jagged section of road connecting my house to Rick’s bachelor pad way out in the boonies. Interstate Forty trucks rumbled by and passed under the gleam of the Love’s Truckstop. It was well past one in the morning when the wife called and wanted cigarettes before she ran out. I told Rick it was a “wife wants” excuse to bow out of the abysmal dart game I was losing….

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2019 Novel Coronavirus Update

MOHAVE COUNTY – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is closely monitoring an outbreak of pneumonia caused by a new type of coronavirus (2019-nCoV) first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.  Chinese authorities are reporting a growing number of cases, including cases outside Wuhan City. The Mohave County Department of Public Health is partnering with the Arizona Department of Health Services and CDC in responding to this outbreak. On Sunday, January 26, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed travel-related infections of the Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the United States. These patients recently returned to the U.S….

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MEC simplifies outage reporting

BULLHEAD CITY –  In a quest to enhance the ability to report power outages, Mohave Electric Cooperative members can now text a notification. No changes to other reporting methods were made. Members can still call the (844)632-2667 Outage Reporting Hotline or sign into their SmartHub account. It is important to remember the MEC Facebook page is not monitored 24/7 and is not a reliable reporting tool. “We wanted to remain current with the times and offer another, simple method for members to report an outage,” said Rick Campos, chief operating officer at MEC. “Reporting outages remains an important tool for…

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Public defender found to be in contempt of court; fined $1,000

Askar resigns position Jan. 21 MOHAVE COUNTY – A Mohave County Public Defender resigned his position just five days after he was found in contempt of Court and fined by Superior Court Judge Rick Lambert. Judge Lambert and indigent defense attorney Jamie Askar engaged in a very unique and somewhat heated exchange between hearings on January 16. Judge Lambert first fined Askar $100 before he twice increased the sanction and asked the lawyer if he’d like to go to jail. The following edited hearing excerpts show the skirmish began when Judge Lambert denied Askar’s request for a three-minute delay. Lambert:…

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