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Jergens gets two years for DUI fatality

Matthew Wanner3 years ago2 mins

BULLHEAD CITY – A local judge heard rival pleas for leniency and for maximum punishment during a Sept. 22 sentencing hearing involving a Bullhead City traffic fatality in which both drivers were impaired, one by alcohol and the other by marijuana. Megan Jergens previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter and aggravated assault charges associate with the July 15, 2021 traffic accident at the intersection of Lakeside Drive and Baseline Road. The 28-year-old Bullhead City woman accepted responsibility and apologized for the two-vehicle collision that claimed the life of Lucia Mendoza, 20, Bullhead City and seriously injured her aunt. “I am so…

Kingman City Council vacancy applications now available

Matthew Wanner3 years ago1 mins

KINGMAN – The City of Kingman would like to announce that applications to fill the vacant position on the City Council are now available in the City Clerk’s office and on the City of Kingman website at: https://www.cityofkingman.gov/government/election-information. The Council will be accepting applications from interested persons until October 5, 2023. Potential appointees will be interviewed at a Special Council Meeting on October 11 with an official swearing in at the Regular Council Meeting on October 17. With more than two years left on the term vacated by former Councilmember Cameron Patt, the selected appointee will serve as a temporary placement while…

Kingman City Council vacancy applications now available

Matthew Wanner3 years ago1 mins

KINGMAN – The City of Kingman would like to announce that applications to fill the vacant position on the City Council are now available in the City Clerk’s office and on the City of Kingman website at: https://www.cityofkingman.gov/government/election-information. The Council will be accepting applications from interested persons until October 5, 2023. Potential appointees will be interviewed at a Special Council Meeting on October 11 with an official swearing in at the Regular Council Meeting on October 17. With more than two years left on the term vacated by former Councilmember Cameron Patt, the selected appointee will serve as a temporary placement while…

State News

Arizonans took to state highways for National Cleanup Day

Matthew Wanner3 years ago2 mins

Effort organized by ADOT Adopt a Highway removed 214 bags of litter PHOENIX – Arizonans did their part on the recent National Cleanup Day by picking up 214 bags of litter along state highways through the Arizona Department of Transportation’s Adopt a Highway volunteer program. Fifteen groups with 123 volunteers answered the call to participate in this special event on Saturday, Sept.16. Some of those groups have adopted highway miles through Adopt a Highway, while others joined in for the day. One of those groups was the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection, which had seven volunteers fill 13 bags with litter…

State News

Arizonans took to state highways for National Cleanup Day

Matthew Wanner3 years ago2 mins

Effort organized by ADOT Adopt a Highway removed 214 bags of litter PHOENIX – Arizonans did their part on the recent National Cleanup Day by picking up 214 bags of litter along state highways through the Arizona Department of Transportation’s Adopt a Highway volunteer program. Fifteen groups with 123 volunteers answered the call to participate in this special event on Saturday, Sept.16. Some of those groups have adopted highway miles through Adopt a Highway, while others joined in for the day. One of those groups was the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection, which had seven volunteers fill 13 bags with litter…

Community News

Bullhead City begins reseeding sports fields

Matthew Wanner3 years ago2 mins

BULLHEAD CITY – Keeping Bullhead City’s Sports fields in pristine shape for tournaments of more than 100 teams, sometimes requires counterintuitive measures. “I get a lot of calls this time of year.” said Parks Superintendent David Heath. “They are concerned that the grass is dying, or we are watering too much.” Heath referred to the confusion he encounters yearly when the city begins to reseed the sports fields. To maintain green grass fields in Bullhead City’s hot summers and cold winters, the Parks Division switches between different breeds of grass each fall and spring. In the summer, the fields…

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Jergens gets two years for DUI fatality

Kingman City Council vacancy applications now available

Kingman City Council vacancy applications now available

Arizonans took to state highways for National Cleanup Day

Arizonans took to state highways for National Cleanup Day

Bullhead City begins reseeding sports fields

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