MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave Community College students, staff and faculty happily helped children in the 2021 BHHS Legacy Foundation Tri-State Backpack Buddies event this week in Mohave Valley. Backpack Buddies helps provide basic essential for home, health and back to school items for children in the Arizona, California and Nevada tri-state area.  Items donated include shoes, school uniforms, and hygiene supplies. MCC Dental Program students have been participating in this event for five years, and always enjoy teaching children proper dental care. “Being able to do a community service event with the Legacy Foundation and with a school like MCC, it makes…

BULLHEAD CITY  – On Tuesday, July 15, at 7:33 a.m., 542 Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members experienced an outage due to a damaged connector after strong stormy winds. Crews responded by de-energizing the line to make repairs. Once repairs were completed, the line was re-energized, and power was restored to all members at 9:53 a.m. The outage affected members north of Marina Blvd. and south of Church Street of Bullhead City. Manager of Engineering & Operations, Jerry Hardy stated, “Monsoon season has begun, and wind can be one of the largest effects on our system. When trees, awnings, or other…