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Letter to the Editor
The fallacy in cherry picking

Dear Editor, During the recent Trump administration’s U.S.

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Safe evacuation in Lake Havasu City garage fire

LAKE HAVASU CITY – At approximately 11:30 p.m.

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Rhythm & Brews festival returns for third year

KINGMAN — The Kingman Area Chamber of Commerce

Nancy Griffith Terhaar

March 12, 1948 – May 29, 2026 Nancy,

Volunteers help expand innovative Colorado River Fish Habitat

BULLHEAD CITY — Twenty volunteers from Bullhead City

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Scam artists apprehended in Starbucks parking lot

KINGMAN – An alleged scam artist was arrested

Thank you for reading The Standard newspaper online!

Pam Wanner

Cannabis business seminar offered

KINGMAN – The Chamber of Cannabis and the Kingman Area Chamber of Commerce will present a seminar, “Cannabis and Commerce: How Will They Grow Together?”. The seminar will be held Wednesday, May 26 from 6 to 7 p.m. at Beale Celebrations, 201 N. Fourth St. This event is free and open to the public. To RSVP, call 928-753-6253 or email chamber@kingmanchamber.com.

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Lawsuit Filed Against Frontier Communications over Internet Speed Misrepresentations

Company failed to deliver promised Internet speeds PHOENIX – Attorney General Mark Brnovich, along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and a coalition of law enforcement agencies from five other states, filed a lawsuit against Frontier Communications (Frontier), alleging that the company did not provide many consumers with internet service at the speeds it promised and charged many for more expensive and higher-speed service than Frontier actually provided. The lawsuit alleges that Frontier advertised and sold internet service in several plans, or tiers, based on download speed. Frontier touted these tiers using various methods, including mail and online ads, and has sold them…

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Powerline Fire Cause of Internet/Cell Phone Outage

KINGMAN – Due to an internet and cell outage, the Kingman City Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday May 18, was canceled. Agenda items will be postponed to future meetings. At 4:22 p.m. on May 18, units from the Kingman Fire Department (KFD) and Northern Arizona Fire District (NAFD) were dispatched for a powerline down, followed by a call for a brushfire in the same area, and then upgraded to a commercial structure fire. The total response was four engines; two from each agency.  Once on scene on scene, advising of a tarp in the powerline with brushfire threatening a nearby business…

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County libraries slowly coming back to life following COVID shutdown

KINGMAN – Patrons have responded slowly since Mohave County began ramping up service following last month’s directive by the board of supervisors to reopen public libraries. Once a month bookmobile service to outlying areas resumed Tuesday in Yucca followed by Wikieup on Thursday and Arizona strip communities on May 25 and 26. “We’ve got our libraries open for browsing,” Library Director Kathy Pennell reported during Monday’s board meeting. “We’ve got computers on the floor for public use. Tables and seating areas are available as are our meeting rooms and our study rooms.” Public use of library services has not come back…

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A Short Story: Hubris of Bunnies

By Jack Mint Push yourself, Harriet, there’s no tortoise in this race to beat you. Her heart beat as fast as a plucked guitar string as she gained on Fiona Fox. Fiona snapped her teeth Harriet playfully. “If I pass you later, Hare, you better watch out.” Through the flapping noise the paper number 106 made on her back, she heard Fiona shout, “Don’t fall asleep this time!” Harriet leaned more into her run across the desert as if the wind could whip those words out of her long ears. It could for a moment. The repetition of her feet…

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