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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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Servicemembers relax at Veteran’s Treatment Court picnic

KINGMAN – The men were part of the roughly 40 military veterans, Kingman Veterans Treatment Court staff, their friends and family members spent Saturday afternoon mingling and playing during the treatment court’s annual picnic at Firefighters Memorial Park. Carman and Mestayer were the picnic’s cornhole tournament champions. Judge Singer presides over the treatment court which started in 2015 and is specifically tailored to help veterans with legal issues within the criminal justice system. The treatment court often organizes hikes to bring the veteran community together. To get involved as a mentor (veteran status required) or as a member the Veterans…

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City Council meeting cancelled due to internet disruption

KINGMAN – Communication disruption prompted postponement of Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Kingman City council. Mayor Jen Miles said sporadic cell phone and internet service made it impossible to conduct the meeting that was scheduled to start at 5:00 p.m. City officials were informed that a fire damaged fiber optic cables that resulted in the outage that the Mayor said lasted about an hour. Miles said no special meeting will be required and that items from the postponed session can be carried over to the June 1 council meeting.

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Can the GOP move beyond puberty?

Dear Editor, Trumpist politicians today are like pubescent girls. When girls first come into possession of their curves, they start to realize the power they have to attract the gaze of boys. Some who lack good parental instruction take to believing they won’t need much other than hips and breasts to get what they want out of life. They lose interest in things that take effort. Ambitious Trump Republicans today have undergone a similar metamorphosis. They have found that a simple commitment to Trump and his claims provides a quick and easy pathway to what they want, whether it be…

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KCCU receives generous donation

KINGMAN – The Kingman Cancer Care Unit (KCCU) received a donation from Angle Homes for $35,000 last Thursday afternoon, May 13.  “We’re happy to be able to support such a great local cause. No one here [at KCCU] is getting paid and they help out people at their most vulnerable time, when they are sick,” said Angle Home President Tyler Angle. KCCU has around 80 members and has been in operation for 46 years. In the last year, they have provided $111,000 in financial assistance and provided aid for 97 local cancer patients. KCCU President Claire Crum says they have…

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