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County residents can help stop water transfer to Queen Creek

MOHAVE COUNTY  –The link below is the public website for the GSC Farm to Queen Creek Water Transfer Environmental Assessment (EA). The United States Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) Lower Colorado Basin, Interior Region 8, is the lead federal agency for the preparation of this EA. This EA is being developed to assess and disclose the potential effects of the proposed transfer of GSC Farm, LLC’s (GSC Farm) Arizona fourth-priority Colorado River water entitlement located in La Paz County, Arizona to the Town of Queen Creek (Queen Creek), located in Maricopa and Pinal counties, Arizona (the…

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Three new businesses underway for Stockton Hill Rd.

KINGMAN – Three new business ventures are advancing on Stockton Hill Road, Kingman’s busiest thoroughfare. Site preparation is already underway for an automotive lube and oil store on the near 3-acre parcel at Riata Valley and Stockton Hill Road (SHR).A quick service Take 5 store is being developed on the north end of the property. Cole Valley Partners previously welcomed a Dutch Bros and a Filiberto’s on other pads on the same parcel. Initial construction activity is expected in early Sept. for a Horizon Community Bank Branch at 4155 SHR. The bank is operating from a modular building at that location and the building development is…

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London Bridge Republican Women Dinner

LAKE HAVASU CITY – The London Bridge Republican Women Dinner will be held on Monday, September 13, at Shurgrue’s Restaurant and Bar in the Bridgeview Room. Check-in will be at 5 pm and the meeting will begin at 6 pm. It is a $20 fee, in either cash or check form, at the door. Guest speakers are Shiry Saper, Candidate for Superintendent of Education, and Tyler Bower, RNC National Commiteeman. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Amie Boggs at (928) 231-6805 before 5 pm on Saturday, September 11. No reservations will be taken at the door.

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Missing person recovered near Yavapai Point

GRAND CANYON – On Monday, August 23, National Park Service personnel located a body below Yavapai Point following a multi-day search and rescue operation. Park rangers recovered the body which was located approximately 430 ft. below the rim. The body was transported to the rim and transferred to the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office. Based on evidence found with the body, the individual is believed to be missing person Gabor Berczi-Tomcsanyi. Berczi-Tomcsanyi, 45, was believed to have entered Grand Canyon on or around July 19, 2021 and abandoned his personal vehicle at the Grand Canyon Visitor Center.  An investigation into the incident…

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LESTER WADE BYRAM

Lester Wade Byram, a longtime Kingman resident and former Mayor, passed away at age 92 on August 19, 2021, at home in the company of family following a brief illness. Lester was born and grew up in Melbourne, Arkansas, where he played college basketball at Arkansas Tech. He received a graduate degree in Education from Arizona State University and undertook doctoral studies at the University of Arizona in Tucson. In 1957, Lester moved to Kingman, where he taught junior high school and coached champion basketball teams. Lester Byram went on to serve as the principal of Manzanita Elementary School and…

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Fair takeover compromise

KINGMAN – Mohave County supervisors have opted for compromise after voting Aug. 16 for immediate termination of a lease allowing the Fair Association to operate the Fairgrounds facilities in Kingman and hold events there. A 3-2 vote during a special Aug. 19 board meeting will instead terminate the lease at the end of this year. Fair Association Chairman Jerry McGuire made clear his disappointment with Monday’s Board action. “The immediate hostile takeover and the bullying of our Board and staff was divisive and harmful to many good people,” McGuire said. 40-year Kingman resident Doug Scholl urged supervisors to revisit the…

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