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County housing needs assessment study

Matthew Wanner3 years ago3 mins

MOHAVE COUNTY – FCS Group will be presenting the Mohave County Housing Needs Assessment Study to the Mohave County Board of Supervisors for acceptance on September 18th. Here is a summary and the key findings of that report. Executive Summary: All citizens deserve to have a decent home. The Mohave County Housing Needs Assessment (HNA) examines current housing conditions, forecasts long-term housing needs, and identifies potential policies that support a fair and equitable housing environment. The overall goal of the Housing Needs Assessment is to help focus community efforts on the most critical local housing issues. Specifically, the report focuses…

Grand Canyon Pro Rodeo

Matthew Wanner3 years ago3 mins

Lighting Kingman up this weekend, September 22nd & 23rd Rodeo week kicks off with Taco Tuesday on the 19th at The Tack Shed Saloon & Eatery starting at 5 P.M. Wednesday the 20th, The Annual Andy Awards dinner starting at 6 P.M. in Beale Celebrations. Thursday the 21st, The Cow Plop Starting at 5 P.M. located in the Boot Barn parking lot. This year we will have concessions and a beer garden for the spectators. The Rodeo Action starts with slack on Friday the 22nd at 9 A.M. Slack is for the overflow of contestants and generally runs about 2…

Police identify killer in 1987 cold case on hiking trail

Matthew Wanner3 years ago3 mins

PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) – A young college student who was brutally killed on a Prescott hiking trail decades ago was the victim of a serial predator who took his own life years later, authorities said Friday. Yavapai County Sheriff David Rhodes announced at a news conference that DNA evidence indicates Bryan Scott Bennett was the man responsible for 23-year-old Catherine “Cathy” Sposito’s 1987 death. In November 2022, authorities had the body of Bennett, who killed himself in 1994, exhumed. It wasn’t until March that investigators confirmed DNA on a wrench used in the slaying belonged to him. By releasing this…

Hiker Fatality near Cottonwood Campground along North Kaibab Trail

Matthew Wanner3 years ago2 mins

GRAND CANYON, Ariz.—On September 9 at approximately 1:55 p.m., the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received an emergency call of a hiker in distress on the North Kaibab Trail approximately one mile south of Cottonwood Campground. Soon thereafter the hiker became unresponsive and bystanders initiated CPR. National Park Service (NPS) search and rescue personnel responded to the call via helicopter. Given the location, specialized helicopter maneuvers were employed to allow rangers to assume care of the hiker, initiating advance life support efforts. Attempts to resuscitate the hiker were unsuccessful. The victim has been identified as 55-year-old, Ranjith Varma of Manassas, Virginia who was hiking from the South…

KAREN SUZANNE MILLER

Matthew Wanner3 years ago1 mins

On January 14, 1961 a bright light entered the world and on September 1, 2023 it was extinguished. Karen Suzanne Miller was raised in Simi Valley, California as the youngest to Bob and Jan. She was often teased by Keith, Kim and Steve, her siblings. Karen was on the volleyball and track teams in high school and she studied to be an Xray technician in California. Later she moved to Lake Havasu City to be near her parents and drove to KRMC as a billing coder. Ms. Miller spoiled her seal-point Siamese cats Boo and Atilla and was an avid…

Police identify killer in 1987 cold case on hiking trail

Matthew Wanner3 years ago3 mins

PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) – A young college student who was brutally killed on a Prescott hiking trail decades ago was the victim of a serial predator who took his own life years later, authorities said Friday. Yavapai County Sheriff David Rhodes announced at a news conference that DNA evidence indicates Bryan Scott Bennett was the man responsible for 23-year-old Catherine “Cathy” Sposito’s 1987 death. In November 2022, authorities had the body of Bennett, who killed himself in 1994, exhumed. It wasn’t until March that investigators confirmed DNA on a wrench used in the slaying belonged to him. By releasing this…

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