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Kino Avenue closures extended due to weather

KINGMAN – Due to recent and expected rains, the Kino Avenue closure will continue through Wednesday, March 18, at the minimum. The street closure is at Willow Road and Kino Ave., and extends to North Glen Rd. Detours are still in place for street closures. This project is the continuation of a multi-phased project to improve water delivery to city water storage tanks that will allow our infrastructure run more efficiently, resulting in an overall benefit to our customers. The total cost for the project is $1.51 million. Up-to-date street closures will be located on the City of Kingman’s engineering…

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Human Bean construction underway in Kingman

Initial construction is underway where a new coffee shop will soon be going vertical in Kingman. The community’s second Human Bean store is being built just southwest of Taco Bell, in the old Kmart parking lot along Andy Devine Avenue. Another Human Bean store greets customers on Stockton Hill road and several other Human Beans are open in Lake Havasu and Bullhead City. Photo by Dave Hawkins

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Arizona reports nine cases of Coronovirus

Arizona currently has nine cases (three in Maricopa County, fivein Pinal County and one in Pima County). Daily updates on the number of cases can be found at azhealth.gov/COVID19. Symptoms include fever, cough and shortness of breath. It’s spread person-to-person either from close contact with an infected person or contact with respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes. The people most at risk of becoming infected with COVID-19 are those with recent travel to an area with ongoing transmission of the disease, and people with close contact to someone diagnosed or suspected of having the disease. The majority of…

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Kingman Parks closes locations, cancels events

KINGMAN – As public health officials work to prevent the spread of COVID-19, several locations have closed and organizers have cancelled events in the city of Kingman and across the state. For the safety of customers and team members the City of Kingman will be canceling all group events and postponing until further notice the remainder of their recreation leagues, dance classes and all department sponsored group events. The areas where you can maintain social distancing; park space as well as the Cerbat Cliffs Golf Course will remain open and on their regular schedules. While health officials advise that the…

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Cookie fundraising scam reappears

Woman falsely claims funds are for Mohave HS BULLHEAD CITY – For the third time in the last few years, Mohave High School has been advised that someone in the area is fraudulently selling cookies as a fundraiser for the school’s cheerleading program.  The money is supposedly for a cheerleading trip to California.  Mohave cheerleading coach Noel King and others were advised of the scam.  Each year, the woman allegedly approaches area businesses and individuals; she has been described as “sketchy.” King worries that scams such as this take money away from legitimate and authorized fundraising programs that will benefit…

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Storytime at Community Center

KINGMAN – Join in on the first, third, and fourth Wednesdays of the month for story time at Centennial Park Community Center from 9:30 10 a.m. Children ages birth to four and their families are welcome. Bring your child for stories, songs and other activities which will help develop early literacy skills and nurture a love of reading. For more information, call (928) 692-2665 (BOOK).

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