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All Arizona Residents Get Free Admission To State Parks This Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Explore more in 2024 with a free visit to one of Arizona’s amazing state parks. Once again, Arizona State Parks and Trails will offer free admission to all Arizona residents on Monday, January 15 for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Entrance fees at the more than 30 state parks and natural areas will be waived for all Arizona residents on January 15, 2023. Visitors must show an Arizona ID for free entrance. Fees will still apply at Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park and for tours at Kartchner Caverns State Park and Riordan Mansion State Historic Park, camping, special events and concessions….

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SNHU announces President’s, Dean’s lists

It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) congratulates the following students on being named to the Fall 2023 President’s List. The fall terms run from September to December. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.700 and above for the reporting term are named to the President’s List. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits over each 16-week term or paired 8-week terms grouped in fall, winter/spring, and summer. Nicholas Edgecomb of Kingman, Matthew Simon of Kingman, Molly Freeman of Kingman, Rachel Skommesa of Kingman, Amber Stark of Kingman, April Garner of Kingman,…

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Corvette Club hosted senior Angel Tree

MOHAVE COUNTY – Christmas is a time for giving, and the Colorado River Corvette Club is proud once again to be part of the wonderful holiday traditions that make our communities what they are all about … it’s citizens; no matter who they are, we love being part of giving back to them. Once again, this year the Colorado River Corvette Club participated in the Sr. Angel Tree Program, to bless those who are sadly forgotten and overlooked at this time of year … the elderly. Members in Bullhead City/Laughlin, Kingman, and Lake Havasu City, participated in the program, purchasing…

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Corvette Club hosted senior Angel Tree

MOHAVE COUNTY – Christmas is a time for giving, and the Colorado River Corvette Club is proud once again to be part of the wonderful holiday traditions that make our communities what they are all about … it’s citizens; no matter who they are, we love being part of giving back to them. Once again, this year the Colorado River Corvette Club participated in the Sr. Angel Tree Program, to bless those who are sadly forgotten and overlooked at this time of year … the elderly. Members in Bullhead City/Laughlin, Kingman, and Lake Havasu City, participated in the program, purchasing…

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Teen sentenced as adult in drive-by shooting

BULLHEAD CITY – A teenager who served as the wheel-man in a drive by shooting that critically injured another teen in Bullhead City over the summer will go to adult prison if a judge accepts a proposed plea agreement unveiled Jan. 8 at the Law and Justice Center in Kingman. Angel Salazar, 16, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in a deal dismissing attempted murder, drive-by shooting and discharging a firearm-related charges. The plea requires Judge Billy Sipe to impose a 2.5-year prison term at a Feb. 9 sentencing hearing. The victim’s family members want more prison time and the plea…

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Coal Miner’s Son

Dear Editor, People occasionally will ask about my upbringing, family life and Appalachia roots. So, here is my song that I wrote and recorded titled Coal Miner’s Son. Maybe you can relate to some parts of the following lyrics.  Daddy slept all day, worked all night Got home early by dawn’s daylight. Mommy made gravy biscuits and eggs fried apples, we had it made. Worked in the fields, cut a little hay, Friday morning, daddy got paid. Cows in the fields, hogs in the lot, morning and the  evening we made a little slop.  Bought some food at Grandpa’s store,…

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