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Boaters, watercraft users urged to ‘Spring Aboard’ with boating safety course

Arizona’s boating season is on the horizon and in preparation, the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) and boating safety advocates nationwide are urging boaters to #KeepYourEdge by enrolling in a boating education course during the Spring Aboard campaign. Spring Aboard is a national campaign that runs from March 17 to 23 and encourages boaters to protect themselves and their passengers by taking a safety course before stepping onto a boat or watercraft. This year, those who complete one of AZGFD’s free boating safety courses will be eligible to receive a free watercraft rental donated by Jet Action Rentals of…

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Sound The Alarm. Save A Life.

Red Cross offers free smoke alarms, installation, and battery replacement LAKE HAVASU CITY – The Lake Havasu City Fire Department has announced that the local Red Cross and its volunteers are launching an initiative in Lake Havasu City called “Sound the Alarm. Save a Life.” The initiative aims to install free smoke alarms, replace batteries in existing alarms, educate families about fire prevention safety, and more. Residents are invited to contact the American Red Cross at their local number (-928-779-0568 (please leave a message if there is no answer) and a Red Cross volunteer will return your call, answer any…

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Training event scheduled for online tax deed process

MOHAVE COUNTY –  On January 22, the Board of Supervisors approved setting an online Tax Deed Sale to begin Monday, April 8, and ending on Wednesday, April 10.  In accordance with A.R.S. § 42-18303.A. . . .the board of supervisors may sell the real property in the county held by the state by tax deed to the highest bidder . . . and the sale may include a live auction or an online bidding process in which the board receives bids electronically over the internet in a real time, competitive bidding event. On March 4, the Board approved a contract for Tax Deeded…

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Rotary observes Social Work Month

Kingman Route 66 Rotary Club’s featured speaker at its March 8 meeting was Marty Adams, Kingman Regional Medical Center (KRMC) Social Worker, shown with club president Becky Fawson. Adams is a 32-year resident of Kingman and has been with KRMC for 14 years. March is Social Work Month. Adams noted the 10 social workers at KRMC cover “womb to tomb” and all but two hold Master degrees. Among their responsibilities are assessment of all age ranges of patients, including mothers of newborns who may be addicted and thus need their infants tested, education of patients and their families, performance of mental…

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Four-year-old Havasu boy allegedly molested

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Authorities allege a four-year-old Lake Havasu City boy was molested by a teenager who was on Christmas leave from basic training from a U.S. Army base in South Carolina. An investigation began Jan. 1 when the victim’s parents contacted police. Police reports said that Joshua Sword was visiting the victim’s parents when the boy’s father used his fingernail to unlock a bedroom door on Dec. 26, 2018. The man reportedly discovered his partially undressed son in the room while 19-year-old Joshua Sword ran to a closet. Police reports indicated that Sword told the father that his…

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Adkins receives prison sentence after violating probation conditions

A Bullhead City man was sentenced to prison Wednesday after admitting he committed new crimes constituting violation of his probation for a prior armed robbery conviction. Bradley Richard Adkins, 22, was placed on five year’s probation for his involvement in a March, 2017 home invasion at a residence on Anna Circle. Adkins and co-defendant Cory Edward Cummings, 20, accepted plea agreements for entering the home in an attempt to sell an iPad. Bullhead City Police said Adkins pepper-sprayed the victim when he refused to buy the device, thinking it had been stolen. Police and prosecutors said Cummings stole the victim’s…

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