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Empty Bowls Project could fill the food bank

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Cozy up this season with a delicious hot soup in a beautifully crafted bowl. The time has come to share your charity with this year’s Empty Bowls Project. St. Vincent dePaul is a voluntary organization whose core values are to service people in need of clothing, employment, and food. For centuries, St. Vincent dePaul has helped millions who are experiencing poverty become self-sufficient. The organization is inviting the community to their Empty Bowls event. Since 2018, the project has helped raise $20,000.  Attendees will be able to choose a handmade bowl of their choice. The clay bowls are donations…

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Hand count rebuffed, Angius named chair

MOHAVE COUNTY – Ballot counting and Chairman choice were points of contention during Monday’s Mohave County board of supervisors meeting. The board again turned thumbs down on hand counting ballots and elected supervisor Hildy Angius as chairman for next year. Board of Supervisors Clerk Ginny Anderson was asked to read into the record a lengthy letter from Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes before the ballot tabulation debate that stretched more than two hours. Mayes advised supervisors it would be illegal to count ballots by hand in the 2024 elections. “A ‘yes’ vote would direct your elections department to violate the law….

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Hand count rebuffed, Angius named chair

MOHAVE COUNTY – Ballot counting and Chairman choice were points of contention during Monday’s Mohave County board of supervisors meeting. The board again turned thumbs down on hand counting ballots and elected supervisor Hildy Angius as chairman for next year. Board of Supervisors Clerk Ginny Anderson was asked to read into the record a lengthy letter from Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes before the ballot tabulation debate that stretched more than two hours. Mayes advised supervisors it would be illegal to count ballots by hand in the 2024 elections. “A ‘yes’ vote would direct your elections department to violate the law….

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Local teachers awarded $2,500 through  Palo Verde Fiesta Bowl Charities Wishes for Teachers program

 In its annual tradition to honor, support and celebrate Arizona’s educators, Fiesta Bowl Charities has granted 500 teachers–including 16 Mohave County teachers–with $2,500 each during the Palo Verde Fiesta Bowl Charities Wishes for Teachers Draft Day presented by SRP, for a total of $1.25 million.  In its eighth year, the Palo Verde Fiesta Bowl Charities Wishes for Teachers program increased its giving by 25% to Arizona K-12 public and charter schoolteachers. The funding will positively impact more than 220,000 students across 73 cities and towns statewide, with 368 different schools receiving grant awards. This season’s 500 granted wishes will fulfill requests…

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Local teachers awarded $2,500 through  Palo Verde Fiesta Bowl Charities Wishes for Teachers program

 In its annual tradition to honor, support and celebrate Arizona’s educators, Fiesta Bowl Charities has granted 500 teachers–including 16 Mohave County teachers–with $2,500 each during the Palo Verde Fiesta Bowl Charities Wishes for Teachers Draft Day presented by SRP, for a total of $1.25 million.  In its eighth year, the Palo Verde Fiesta Bowl Charities Wishes for Teachers program increased its giving by 25% to Arizona K-12 public and charter schoolteachers. The funding will positively impact more than 220,000 students across 73 cities and towns statewide, with 368 different schools receiving grant awards. This season’s 500 granted wishes will fulfill requests…

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Teen charged with violence at hospital

KINGMAN – Kingman police report the arrest of a teenage patient who became unruly and violent at Kingman Regional Medical Center. Police Chief Rusty Cooper said the incident occurred in the KRMC Emergency Department at 3:25 a.m. on Nov. 16. Cooper said the 17-year-old male was verbally abusive while being treated for a high level of alcohol intoxication. He said the teen head butted a security guard and a physician’s assistant who were treated for their injuries. Cooper said once stabilized, the teen was arrested and booked into juvenile detention for two counts of aggravated assault.

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