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Kingman teen awarded Taco Bell Foundation scholarship

KINGMAN – A Kingman teenager who just completed her junior year at Lee Williams High School has a nice head start on a college savings fund. Franchise-owning, sister-brother business partners Krystal Burge and Mark Peterson presented Amelia Brackett with a $5,000 scholarship award from the Taco Bell foundation. “The Taco Bell Foundation raises about $20 million a year all across the country,” Peterson said. He said about $8 million of that is funding 650 scholarship recipients this year. Burge said they staged the May 26 check presentation at the Taco Bell store on Andy Devine Avenue, where they began their…

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Mohave County roadwork continues

The citizens of Mohave County can expect the following road maintenance activity during the week of June 1: Arizona Strip: Road grading on Mud Mountain Rd. Kingman: Road grading on 1) Calle Alamo, 2) Jane Ave. and 3) Parker St. Crews will be crack sealing Calle Castano. They will be mowing road shoulders in Valle Vista and making right of way repairs and repairing pot holes in the Butler area. Hackberry: Road grading on Hackberry Rd. starting at Hwy. 66 working south. Wikieup: Road grading on Signal Rd. Yucca: Road grading on 1) Coyote Wells Rd. and 2) National Old…

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CRUSHD guidance for graduation ceremonies

BULLHEAD CITY – Now that plans are being finalized for three high school graduations at the Colorado River Union High School District’s Anderson Auto Group Fieldhouse, school officials are reminding graduating seniors, their family members, faculty and staff about health and safety guidelines from the State of Arizona.                 The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) has released guidance for graduations, based upon guidelines from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), tailored to fit State needs.  Mohave County’s Department of Public Health also supports the guidance.                 Limited attendance and social distancing will be in place for…

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Kingman to receive close to $3.5 million

Governor to disperse COVID funds to Kingman PHOENIX – The Governor’s Office is providing nearly $600 million in coronavirus relief and recovery dollars for local Arizona governments and nonprofits as part of a funding plan announced today by Governor Doug Ducey. The plan includes $441 million in direct, flexible funding to local cities, towns and counties that did not receive direct funding earlier this year from the federal government. In addition, local governments, tribal communities, schools and more will be eligible for expedited reimbursements from the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) for coronavirus-related expenses, including purchases of testing supplies, PPE…

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Mexican wolf population gets genetic boost with a record 20 captive-born pups cross-fostered into wild packs

The Mexican wolf recovery effort recently got a genetic boost when biologists from the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD), New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (NMDGF), and Mexican Wolf Species Survival Plan (SSP), with extensive logistical support from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), worked together to cross-foster 20 genetically diverse wolf pups from captive facilities across the U.S. into litters of wild wolf packs.   Over a six-week period in April and May, 12 pups were fostered into four different packs in eastern Arizona and eight were fostered into three packs in western New Mexico. Cross-fostering…

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MEC provides River Fund $35,000 of extra help for members

BULLHEAD CITY – Mohave Electric Cooperative’s board of directors approved $35,000 in additional emergency energy assistance funding for MEC’s Members Helping Members program administered by River Fund, Inc. Tyler Carlson, CEO for MEC said, “At a time when members are needing it most, our board wanted to do more to help our members at this difficult time. The quickest thing we could do was add funding to MEC’s assistance program that Mike Conner and the River Fund already have in place. We are doubling the annual program funding from $35,000 to $70,000 to help members with their electric bill payments.”…

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