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KRMC completes Phase One for ED

KINGMAN – Phase one of the emergency department expansion project has been completed at Kingman Regional Medical Center. The city issued a temporary certificate of occupancy for that portion of the project about mid-December. Project manager Randy Cook says expected state health care regulatory approvals should see the Stockton Hill Road access to the hospital reopen in February. Cook said the smaller scale phase two emergency department project should be completed by early spring.

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Community, sponsors lauded for participation

Dear Editor, The Kingman Downtown Merchants Association would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all the participants, sponsors, and parade attendees of the Very Merry Parade of Lights held Dec. 5 in downtown Kingman. Thanks to all of you, the Very Merry Christmas ‘Street of Lights’ was a huge success! 2020 Entry Winner:   Best Performance: Black Mountain School Best Lighted Display: Bureau of Land Management Best Decorated Display: Kingman Area Regional Transit Peoples Choice: The Summer’s Family Historic Downtown Merchant Window Display winner – 66 Market Place Judging was close this year with only a six point…

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Ex-con going back to prison on drug charges

KINGMAN – An ex-con residing in Golden Valley is being sent back to the Arizona Department of Corrections for his admitted involvement in sale of methamphetamine. Mohave County Judge Billy Sipe ordered a 15-year prison term Tuesday for John Holcomb, 57. Holcomb is one of roughly two dozen defendants indicted for their alleged involvement in two Kingman-based Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTO’s) that were the focus of the multi-agency Operation King Crimson investigation. Judge Sipe called Holcomb’s a very serious conspiracy case connected to a large-scale methamphetamine distribution ring. Sipe noted that Holcomb once purchased 2.5-pounds of methamphetamine for $11,200 and…

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Mohave County Courthouse downtown street closure begins Dec. 31

KINGMAN – The intersection of Spring Street and 4th St. will be closed beginning December 31, and will last three weeek. There will be no through traffic at this intersection. This closure is for street improvements at the Mohave County Courthouse. For any questions regarding this project, please contact John Mieding at (928) 757-0927 x5090 or email at: John.Mieding@mohavecounty.us. The intersection should reopen January 25, 2021. Up-to-date street closures are located on the City of Kingman’s engineering website page of interactive maps through the city’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS): https://www.cityofkingman.gov/government/departments/engineering/gis

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The Three Kings

By HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Three Kings came riding from far away, Melchior and Gaspar and Baltasar; Three Wise Men out of the East were they, And they travelled by night and they slept by day, For their guide was a beautiful, wonderful star. The star was so beautiful, large and clear, That all the other stars of the sky Became a white mist in the atmosphere, And by this they knew that the coming was near Of the Prince foretold in the prophecy. Three caskets they bore on their saddle-bows, Three caskets of gold with golden keys; Their robes were…

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KRMC Urgent Care modifies operating hours as some staff redeploy to inpatient units

KINGMAN – Beginning Saturday, December 26, KRMC Urgent Care will reduce its hours of operation. Urgent Care will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week. KRMC Urgent Care will be closed for Christmas Day on Friday, December 25, and reopen Saturday, December 26 with the new hours. The urgent care center will also be closed on New Year’s Day. As COVID hospitalizations continue to rise, these operational changes will allow staff to be redeployed to other clinical areas in the hospital. “Right now, we are focused on placing our employees where their skills and expertise are…

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