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Letter to the Editor
Looking at the Whole Picture

Dear Editor, A recent editorial in this newspaper

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Boothe gets one year for Smiths parking lot

KINGMAN, Ariz. – A fight that escalated to

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20th Annual Walk Away from Drugs Rescheduled for

KINGMAN, Ariz. – The 20th Annual Walk Away

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Gary Brown

With heavy hearts and cherished memories, we share

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Lake Havasu City launches community survey for Parks

LAKE HAVASU CITY —Lake Havasu City is inviting

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Pearl Olive Redmon

Pearl Olive Redmon, 87, born on New Year’s Day, December 31, 1936 in Glasgow, Montana, and born into eternity on May 20, 2024.
Pearl is survived by her husband Ron, sons Mark and Cary, daughters Connie and Peggy Jo, brothers Carl, Ronald, Orrin, Jake, and her niece Lisa.

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Foreign Trade Zones

Dear Editor,
On or about Nov. 20, 2023 the Mohave County Board of Supervisors approved a Foreign Trade Zone.
The Board of Supervisors just approved a $70K payment for a Trade Zone consultant thinking that this was an investment to possibly get some kind of return for the county.

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Nearly 200 shuttered 99 Cents Only stores to open as Dollar Tree locations from Texas to California

Nearly 200 shuttered 99 Cents Only stores from Texas to California will be re-opened as Dollar Tree locations after the leases were secured out of bankruptcy proceedings.
The transfer of designation rights for 170 locations in Texas, Arizona, Nevada and California, along with some of the furniture, equipment and fixtures inside, was approved by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

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Sue Carol Milam

In loving memory of Sue Carol Milam, whom passed away in her home surrounded by friends and family in the early morning hours of June 6, 2024. Born to Roy Watterson and Patricia Berry in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she also had two sisters and a stepbrother. Sue moved to Kingman in 1947 where she grew up with her sisters and enjoyed her time as a majorette in her school’s marching band. Sue met her husband, the late Everette “Gene” Milam in Kingman when she was 15 before he joined the Navy and was stationed overseas.

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Mohave Valley Fire Department Governing Board announces support for Energy Park Project

BULLHEAD CITY – Mohave Valley Fire Department has announced their unanimous support for Arizona Electric Power Cooperative’s (AEPCO) and Mohave Electric Cooperative’s (MEC) Mohave Energy Park Project.
Board of Directors agree, “Reliable, accessible, and affordable electricity is vital for all our residents first and foremost but is especially important for emergency service providers such as fire departments, law enforcement, hospitals, and government operations.”
To address a growing concern about grid reliability and keeping energy cost low for all members, MEC and its main generation and transmission provider, AEPCO, are planning for quick start, flexible natural gas electric power generation units in Mohave Valley. AEPCO, like MEC, is a not-for-profit cooperative.

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