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MARILYN ANN CREIGHTON

Marilyn Ann Creighton, of Kingman, died Sunday, May 30, 2021. She was 92. Mrs. Creighton was born April 1, 1929 in Evanston, Ill. The family contact is her granddaughter Erica Lyn Morehouse. Arrangements were made by Sutton Memorial Funeral Home.

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Kingman Crossing plans to advance

KINGMAN – The Kingman Crossing Interstate 40 interchange project spearhead by Kingman Regional Medical Center was the subject of a report city manager Ron Foggin presented at the June 1 council meeting. Foggin said the hospital exercised its contractual right in its development agreement with city to place the project in a pandemic pause more than a year ago. Foggin said hospital officials understandably have had their hands full dealing with COVID-19 but that CEO Will MConnell is interested in advancing the interchange that will open development in the vicinity of KRMC’s Hualapai Mountain Campus. Foggin said McConnell is assessing…

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Go to work and grow your financial security

Dear Editor, Working a job that pays you money is your best assurance for financial security. In 2021 manufacturers, construction, transportation companies, any entity that sells products, drivers and almost all employers are begging for workers.  Many Americans were assisted by the large unemployment payout of the pandemic. This was initially helpful. Many people such as restaurant workers and others had lost their jobs. The flush of cash from Government kept families fed and financially stable. There has been a downside to this as now manufacturing has slowed down so much that trucks and cars have often been delayed from…

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Border patrol with speak at MRF meeting

KINGMAN – Mohave Republican Forum (MRF)  will be hosting Border Patrol Agents, Operations Officer Leroy Pooley and Special Operations Supervisor, Fidel Cabrera on Wednesday, June 9 at 5:30 p.m. Agents Pooley and Cabrera will be speaking and answering questions regarding border and issues regarding abandoned and unattended children at the border, criminal drug traffickers and human traffickers, and what they are seeing regarding reasons these people are flooding the borders and what countries they are coming from. MRF meetings are held at Golden Corral, 3580 Stockton Hill Rd.  The meeting room is available by 4 p.m. and the program begins at 5:30 p.m.  There is an…

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CRUHSD board selects Silk as new superintendent

BULLHEAD CITY – The Colorado River Union High School District governing board has selected former superintendent Monte Silk to be the district’s new Superintendent for the upcoming school year.  The vote was unanimous. Last week’s decision followed a 45-minute community forum, including questions from an audience at CRUHSD’s Anderson Auto Group Fieldhouse.  The school board then met with both Silk and CRUHSD career-technical education director Gina Covert in executive session for final interviews before reconvening in public for a formal vote. The executive session, which included a review of post-forum audience comment cards, candidate interviews and discussion, lasted more than…

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Dot Foods and Dot Transportation, Inc. Announce Mid-Year Raises for Drivers and Warehouse Floor Employees

BULLHEAD CITY – Dot Foods, Inc., North America’s largest food industry redistributor, and its affiliate trucking company, Dot Transportation, Inc. (DTI), announced they will raise pay for warehouse floor employees and drivers at the company’s Arizona distribution center. The $1/hour increase for the warehouse floor team means material handlers can now start at up to $16.50/hour. “We hope this is good news for our warehouse floor team,” said John Long, Dot Foods senior vice president of warehousing. “We closely watch what’s going on in the labor market in our communities. The competition for great talent is very stiff right now, and we always…

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