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West Kingman Pharmacy joins statewide Narcan initiative 

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Small Business Fair spotlighted 21 county shops

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Bullhead City’s Baked and Loaded bakery shop visited Lake Havasu last week to spotlight some of our local small business owners at their Small Business Shopping event. The Lake Havasu Small Business Shopping event took place on Saturday, May 18 at the KAWS event venue.  Quarantines that happened during the pandemic gave birth to many incredible business launches and Baked and Loaded just so happens to be one of them. Owner Michelle Talley turned her love of cookie baking into a business during the 2020 lockdowns.   The Small Business shopping event showcased 21 local businesses all prepared to show off…

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Memorial Weekend – Savor your time    

Dear Editor, Summer officially begins this weekend and most of us love summer.  Millions of Americans will enjoy having a weekend free from work next weekend. However, not everyone will be vacationing. Keep in mind that many Americans will keep the convenient stores, grocery stores, restaurants and many retail stores open for your shopping pleasure. Many of these hard-working people will have a day off but it may not be Monday or even during the weekend. They are a hard-working group in our country who will make it possible for you to be out and about having a fun weekend….

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Rancho Santa Fe interchange plans continue

KINGMAN – Poor communication, escalating cost, uncertainty and additional delay were all on display as the Kingman City Council clumsily addressed new revelations regarding the Interstate 40 Rancho Santa Fe Traffic Interchange (TI) during a near five hour long Tuesday meeting. Vice Mayor Cherish Sammeli was bewildered that the city has only recently learned that it will cost several million dollars more to have the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) administer the project. She asked ADOT District Engineer Anthony Brozich why the city was not previously made aware of its Indirect Cost Allocation Plan (ICAP) fee. Brozich said that the…

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Mohave County GOP hosted America First parade

LAKE HAVASU CITY – The 2024 election is not until November 4 but members of the Mohave County GOP already have decided who they want in office. The club openly shared their choices with the community at the Trump Train Cruise-In last weekend. Their America First Trump Train Cruise-In took place on Saturday May 18 at 5:30 p.m. at SARA Park. The Mohave County GOP Organization aims to have their members join them in getting republicans in office from City Council to Congress. The group helps republicans become registered voters and supports podcasts like Red Voice Media, The Daily Wire, and The Bongino Show. They…

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Plea withdrawn, prison ordered for Havasu man

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A Lake Havasu City man offered a new wrinkle to his request to withdraw from his guilty plea in a child pornography case before he was sentenced to prison Tuesday, May 21. Casey Cassidy, 30, pleaded guilty to two of the charges while six other sexual exploitation of a minor counts were dismissed during an April 4 hearing. Though he told the judge he was thinking clearly at the time, Cassidy changed his tune when he showed up for his May 10 sentencing hearing before Judge Camacho. The court was informed that Cassidy wanted to withdraw from…

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