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MEC offers $5,000 school grant for renewable energy curriculum

BULLHEAD CITY – Mohave Electric Cooperative continues its support of education by announcing the $5,000 School Grant for renewable energy curriculum for 2021 / 2022 academic school year. Submittals are now being accepted for the grant from teachers and schools in MEC’s service territory until the August 20, 2021 deadline. One grant will be awarded. The grant application is simple. Submit a short, written description of the lesson plan that teaches about renewable energy and include materials and a cost breakdown. There is no formal application, so please submit your writeup to Mohave Electric Cooperative, Attention: Steve Bouman, PO Box…

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Win Big at the Kingman Young Professionals Bingo Night!

KINGMAN – Feeling lucky? Join the Kingman Young Professionals on Wednesday, July 14 at 7 p.m. Bingo! Each round will include a raffle prize for the winner, with a final black-out Bingo round where the winner will walk away with a cash prize. Light refreshments will be served, or order in from your favorite local restaurant!  The cost to play is $5/round. Young professionals in Kingman need a stronger voice in our community! The Kingman Young Professionals is a group working to create opportunities for young leaders to build relationships and better connect within the community. Are you a young…

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Interviews slated for Superior Court Judge, Clerk positions

KINGMAN – Members of Arizona Governor Doug Ducey’s executive staff will visit Kingman next week to conduct interviews of finalists contending for appointment to two prominent legal positions. Citizens will be able to offer public comment and monitor the interviews for Superior Court Judge, while the process will be closed to the public for the Superior Court Clerk position. Interim Clerk Christina Spurlock, Constable Mike Cobb and Rideout Law Office legal assistant Jessica Van Lent will be interviewed behind closed doors next Friday morning (July 16) at the Board of Supervisors Auditorium at the county administration building at 700 W….

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Senator Kelly Meets with Mohave County Leaders, Talks Economic Recovery and Development

KINGMAN – Arizona Senator Mark Kelly continued his focus on infrastructure investments, economic recovery and workforce development in meetings with local leaders and visits in Mohave County last week. At the start of the visit, Kelly toured the Kingman Airport and Industrial Park, which is the largest industrial park outside of Maricopa County. Kelly met with Kingman Mayor Jen Miles, Vice Mayor Ken Watkins, airport staff, and business leaders during the tour where they discussed economic development, transportation and infrastructure needs associated with the park’s proposed 1,400 acre expansion.  After the airport and industrial park tour, Kelly met with Kingman Mayor Jen…

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Sen. Mark Kelly visits Kingman; attends Veteran Villas grand opening

KINGMAN – U.S. senator Mark Kelly of Arizona spent several hours in Kingman Wednesday, meeting local leaders and Mohave Community college representatives. Kelly said he learned more about Kingman’s infrastructure and education needs and that he can put the information to use for local constituents when he returns to Washington D.C. Kelly attended an afternoon ribbon cutting celebrating a collaborative effort and successful housing development project for veterans. He told the crowd of more than 100 people who attended the sweltering outdoor ceremony that he is super impressed with the Kingman Veteran Villas, located at Hualapai Mountain Road and Jackson. “I hope that…

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STELLA KING

The little birds trust God, for they go singing from Northern woods where Autumn winds have blown With joyous faith their unmarked pathway winging to summer lands of song, afar, unknown Let us go singing, then, and not go crying, since we are sure our times are in His Hands Why should we weep, and fear, and call it dying? It’s merely flying to a Summer Land….. Stella King, loving mother and friend, passed from this life into her new one on July 3, 2021, after a long battle with dementia. Although she no longer resides here, her compassion and…

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