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ASU Bridge the World Exhibit celebrated 14 cultures

LAKE HAVASU CITY – ASU at Lake Havasu had something unique to share last week at their Bridge to the World celebration. Opening night of the event took place on Wednesday, March 13 and continued on Thursday, March 14 at ASU’s Learning Resource Center. In 2012, ASU at Lake Havasu opened its doors adding educational value to the mini beach town. The university offers a wide range of degrees in science, business, health, and a variety of many other in demand fields. The Bridge to the World celebration was an exhibit that illustrated the school’s diverse students from all over the world….

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States in Colorado River basin pitch new ways to absorb shortages but clash on the approach

(AP) — The seven U.S. states that draw water from the Colorado River basin are suggesting new ways to determine how the increasingly scarce resource is divvied up when the river can’t provide what it historically promised. The Upper Basin and the Lower Basin states, as neighbors, don’t agree on the approach. Under a proposal released Wednesday by Arizona, California and Nevada, the water level at Lake Mead — one of the two largest of the Colorado River reservoirs — no longer would determine the extent of water cuts like it currently does. The three Lower Basin states also want what they say…

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Kingman police looking for impaired drivers St. Patrick’s Day weekend

KINGMAN – The Kingman Police Department, in conjunction with the Western AZ DUI Task Force, will be out providing extra patrol for the St. Patrick’s Day Weekend. St. Patrick’s Day is one of our nation’s most popular holidays, celebrated with festivals, parades, and parties which frequently features themed cocktails and green pints. The amount of alcohol consumed on this holiday is higher than average. St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Sunday this year, and it is anticipated that alcohol consumption will increase both on that day and throughout the weekend. Before you go out to celebrate, decide and designate a…

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Pavement preservation, rezoning discussed at LHC council

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A zoning classification and district motion was passed for the 30 acres at 2205 Victoria Farms Road from Light Industrial (LIP) at the last Lake Havasu City Council meeting. The LIP zoning that is currently over the property does not allow development outside of the planned and approved development plan. This is the reasoning behind the applicant’s request to rezone the property for industrial future use. The board passed a motion for replacement vehicles purchase for 2024 cabs with a cranes for SanTan Auto Partners for $301.727.  It’s roadway maintenance time for Beachcomber and McCulloch. The city…

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Local permaculture event Invites the tri-state

GOLDEN VALLEY – Join the movement towards sustainable living at the Second Annual Mesquite Weekend in the tri-state area. Come for the speakers, vendors, native food lunch, seed exchange, hula hooping, children’s area, photography contest, and food trucks. The tri-state area is invited to the Second Annual Mesquite Weekend, taking place in Golden Valley on Saturday, March 23 at the Fire Safety Training Station and Sunday, March 24 at Veteran’s Park.  This year’s speakers include Ethnobotanist Carrie Cannon talking about native plants, environmental specialist, water matriarch; permaculture designer Carmen Gonzales talking about water conservation, and Peggy Sue Sorensen of The…

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Norma Eloise Sperry

Norma Eloise Sperry, of Golden Valley, died Thursday, March 13, 2024. She was 87. Ms. Sperry was born Nov. 27, 1936 in Long Beach, Wash. The family contact is her son Sean Jennings Sperry. Interment was at the Chloride Cemetery. Arrangements were made by Sutton Memorial Funeral Home in Kingman.

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