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Route 66 Fest held at Lewis Kingman Park

KINGMAN, Ariz. – A big celebration of Route 66

No Kings Rally returned to Kingman Saturday

KINGMAN, Ariz. – The Kingman Free Thinkers hosted

3rd Annual Monster Mutt Mash: Trunk or treat

KINGMAN, Ariz. – The 3rd Annual Monster Mutt

Calvary Chapel hosts 5th Annual Pumpkin Patch over

KINGMAN, Ariz. – Calvary Chapel in Kingman presented

Bulldog All-Class Reunion takes over downtown Kingman

KINGMAN, Ariz. – All classes of the Kingman

Beale Street Theater hosts sold out screening of

KINGMAN, Ariz. – The screening of filmmaker John

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letter to the editor

Response to J.M.’s Apple to Oranges

Dear Editor,

Hello Ms. J.M. I couldn’t help but respond to your rage against former President Trump. No one knows how a person would react to being shot at until it happens. Scary as it was our former President was able to compose himself and let the people know to continue the fight for their beliefs and country which are being censored and ignored each and every day.

Strange how after January 20, 2021 the persecution of our former President intensified beyond the false rhetoric of 2016. Be Nice?

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I Love Lake Havasu celebrated launch with ribbon cutting

LAKE HAVASU CITY – It’s official, Lake Havasu’s new event nonprofit I Love Lake Havasu celebrated their ribbon cutting on Friday September 20th at 10am at Nomadic co-working space. Now members of our Chamber of Commerce, the organization was joined with local chamber ambassadors and council member David Lane to congratulate I Love Lake Havasu Founder of I Love Lake Havasu Shawn Lawless and his staff.  

The events team will be hosting some of Havasu’s most popular upcoming events this year

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SNAP benefits eligible for farmer’s market shopping

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Did you know that your supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefits can be used at Lake Havasu’s Farmer’s Market? The Lake Havasu Farmer’s Market is a nonprofit by way of Havasu Together.  

March of this year is when the nonprofit began accepting SNAP payments at our local farmer’s market. The choice worked out well since in the previous month, the farmer’s market started accepting the Double Up Food Bucks program.

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Community Health Fair set for Saturday, Oct. 5

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Don’t let the warm temperatures of Lake Havasu fool you, autumn is here, just in time for the Havasu Health Foundation’s annual Health Fair. The foundation is all about spreading health care options throughout the community with their ongoing events.

With several healthcare Mohave County vendors expected to be in attendance this year, the event will have over fifty health and wellness vendors ready to share information about their products and services. The Havasu Regional Medical Health Center will be present showing the latest in cardiology care.

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‘Tip a Cop’ will support Special Olympics

LAKE HAVASU CITY – The Lake Havasu City Police Department will be spending a few hours at one of our local grocery stores to help raise money for Special Olympics Arizona. The beginning of the Special Olympics program was founded by American Philanthropist Eunice Kennedy Shriver in 1962.  

Shriver created summer day camps at her Maryland home for adults and children with intellectual disabilities. The camps highlighted the athlete’s capabilities with sports and physical activities.  

Her idea soared, and by 1968, the first International Special Olympics was at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL.

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Mohave Historical Society Receives Art Donation

KINGMAN – The Mohave County Historical Society recently received a wonderful donation of Roy Purcell original artwork. Five pieces belonging to the collection of the late Dr. Reba Wells Grandrud, were donated by her daughter Nansi Martin.

These pieces were presented to the museum board on September 19th by Doctors Marshall and Jane Whitmire, longtime friends of Dr Grandrud. Purcell’s artwork is very well know and typically features landscape and mining scenes from Mohave and the surrounding counties.

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