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Afghanistan will never go away

Pam Wanner5 years ago3 mins

Dear Editor, Afghanistan is an unending nightmare that will never go away. We got Osama Bin Laden. We wanted to avenge the heinous deaths of September 11, 2001. We were all mad and we are still angry about what evil people did on that day. We will never forget. We could have covertly taken out Bin Laden and many more terrorists without all that our political leaders have done over the last 20 years. Thousands of parents lost their children in Afghanistan. Thousands of spouses lost husbands and wives. Children lost their parents. These precious Americans will suffer the rest…

Bullhead Area Chamber of Commerce welcomes new Executive Director

Pam Wanner5 years ago2 mins

BULLHEAD CITY – For the past few months, the Chamber of Commerce has been operating under the direction of our Interim Executive Director, John Hassett, as Board members worked through applications to find a new, permanent Executive Director. Starting August 30, Bo Hellams will take place as the Executive Director for the Bullhead Area Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Hellams brings quality work experience, education, and an excited attitude that the Chamber has been in search for. Mr. Hellams received an undergraduate degree in Parks and Recreation focusing on Outdoor Leadership with a Minor in Business Administration from Humboldt State University…

Obituaries

ANN LESCHNIK

Pam Wanner5 years ago2 mins

Ann was born in 1938 in the small upstate town of New York, called Newburgh, near West Point on the Hudson River. Her mother—one of ten children in the Cavanaugh family—had little interest in raising the family. Her father went to war and when he returned, he soon deserted them. Ann was the oldest so the matter of her brother and sister’s upbringing was left to her. Ann was also the smartest and she could help both her siblings with their schoolwork. She worked in the kitchen of the hospital she was born in to help support them. Ann also…

Obituaries

WILLIAM EDMUND FORSYTH

Pam Wanner5 years ago1 mins

William Edmund Forsyth of Kingman passed away on Tuesday, August 24, 2021. He was 78 years old. The family contact is his wife, Cheryl Forsyth. Arrangements were made by Sutton Memorial Funeral Home.

County residents can help stop water transfer to Queen Creek

Pam Wanner5 years ago3 mins

MOHAVE COUNTY –The link below is the public website for the GSC Farm to Queen Creek Water Transfer Environmental Assessment (EA). The United States Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) Lower Colorado Basin, Interior Region 8, is the lead federal agency for the preparation of this EA. This EA is being developed to assess and disclose the potential effects of the proposed transfer of GSC Farm, LLC’s (GSC Farm) Arizona fourth-priority Colorado River water entitlement located in La Paz County, Arizona to the Town of Queen Creek (Queen Creek), located in Maricopa and Pinal counties, Arizona (the…

Community News

Missing person found on Hermit Trail, Grand Canyon National Park

Pam Wanner5 years ago2 years ago1 mins

GRAND CANYON – The National Park Service (NPS) has successfully located missing person, Arturo Hernandez. On Tuesday, August 24 at approximately 2 p.m., search and rescue personnel located Hernandez via helicopter along the Hermit Trail near Breezy Point. At this time, Hernandez is in stable condition and awaiting helicopter evacuation. On Monday, August 23 at approximately 4:30 a.m., the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report of two overdue hikers on the Hermit Trail within Grand Canyon National Park. Several hours later one overdue hiker reached the trailhead without incident. The other hiker, 48-year-old Arturo Hernandez of Surprise, Arizona, was…

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Afghanistan will never go away

Bullhead Area Chamber of Commerce welcomes new Executive Director

ANN LESCHNIK

WILLIAM EDMUND FORSYTH

County residents can help stop water transfer to Queen Creek

Missing person found on Hermit Trail, Grand Canyon National Park

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