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Early voting booths secured

MOHAVE COUNTY – In-person early voters will enjoy brand new voting booths when they mark their ballots in the upcoming Presidential Preference election in Mohave County. Recorder Lydia Durst said 16 of the booths have been purchased from some $32,000 in Help America Vote Act grant funds made available to her office. Durst said each of the new Franklin four-station voting booths can accommodate up to four voters at once, as opposed to the smaller single voter booths that have been in use for years. “They are four-in-one stations,” Durst said. “There’s three stations that are to the height of…

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Gonzalez gets 10 years for sex offenses

MOHAVE VALLEY – A Fontana, California man has been sentenced to the Arizona Department of Corrections for having sex with a 14-year-old Mohave Valley girl. Defense attorney Elana Sears sought more lenient punishment for 30-year-old Silvestre Gonalez. “My client has always felt extreme remorse over what went on, but he can’t take it back,” Sears said during a Jan. 19 hearing before Mohave County Superior Court Judge Lee Jantzen. “I want to apologize to the family of the victim,” Gonzalez said. “I know I made a terrible, terrible mistake.” Deputy Mohave County Attorney Amanda Claerhout questioned the assessment of mistake,…

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Gonzalez gets 10 years for sex offenses

MOHAVE VALLEY – A Fontana, California man has been sentenced to the Arizona Department of Corrections for having sex with a 14-year-old Mohave Valley girl. Defense attorney Elana Sears sought more lenient punishment for 30-year-old Silvestre Gonalez. “My client has always felt extreme remorse over what went on, but he can’t take it back,” Sears said during a Jan. 19 hearing before Mohave County Superior Court Judge Lee Jantzen. “I want to apologize to the family of the victim,” Gonzalez said. “I know I made a terrible, terrible mistake.” Deputy Mohave County Attorney Amanda Claerhout questioned the assessment of mistake,…

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Liberty Quartet to perform Jan. 26

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Everyone’s spirits will be uplifted at the Liberty Quartet’s concert this week. Formed in 1995, Liberty Quartet was founded by a local church in Boise, Idaho. It started out with choir director Royce Mitchell and three other choir members. By 1997, the quartet had a full time traveling tour. Today, the band continues to spread their faith and worship to audiences through music.  Each year, the band’s touring performances take place at prisons, churches, and nursing homes.  Eventually, Liberty Quartet broadened their concerts to Gospel Music Fan Festival in Canada, the Southwest Music Festival, and the Great Western Fan Festival. Lake…

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Liberty Quartet to perform Jan. 26

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Everyone’s spirits will be uplifted at the Liberty Quartet’s concert this week. Formed in 1995, Liberty Quartet was founded by a local church in Boise, Idaho. It started out with choir director Royce Mitchell and three other choir members. By 1997, the quartet had a full time traveling tour. Today, the band continues to spread their faith and worship to audiences through music.  Each year, the band’s touring performances take place at prisons, churches, and nursing homes.  Eventually, Liberty Quartet broadened their concerts to Gospel Music Fan Festival in Canada, the Southwest Music Festival, and the Great Western Fan Festival. Lake…

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Proposed natural asset companies rule withdrawn by Biden Administration

Following strong opposition, it was revealed last week that the Biden administration has suddenly withdrawn a proposal that would have opened public lands to private ownership.  At the Mohave County Board of Supervisor’s first board meeting in January, the County Supervisors were prominent voices against a proposed rule by the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) that would have authorized the listing of “Natural Asset Companies” (NACs) as a novel investment vehicle on the New York Stock Exchange.  Supervisor Buster Johnson brought the item forward for the Board’s consideration after digging deeper into what this proposed rule meant.  “I’m delighted to learn that the…

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