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Godoy gets three years in drugs-for-sale case

KINGMAN – A three-year prison term has been

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Volunteers needed for senior center in Kingman

KINGMAN –  The Kathryn Heidenreich Adult and Senior

100-plus years for Lake Havasu City child pornography

LAKE HAVASU CITY – More than one century

County pushes forward with morgue project despite transparency

KINGMAN – Its architect has submitted application with the

June Greetings from Lydia Henry, The Mohave County

As we make our way into June, we're

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Havasu, Bullhead council seats decided

MOHAVE COUNTY – Colorado River community voters filled council seats in the August 4 primary election and there is no need for November 3 general election runoff contests. The determinations come following Thursday’s canvas that makes voting results official.  The top two vote-getters in Bullhead City, Mark Clark (4,533) and Kathy Bruck (4,025) win re-election. Also securing four-year terms are challengers and council members-elect Norma Brummet (2,919) and Waheed Zehri (2,869).  Voters filled all three seats up for grabs on the Lake Havasu City Council. Challengers Nancy Campbell (8,398) and Cameron Moses (6,399) are council members elect while Vice Mayor…

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Trio wins Kingman council seats

KINGMAN – Three candidates secured enough primary election votes to secure four-year terms on the Kingman City council. City clerk Annie Meredith said post canvas calculations result in election victories for Keith Walker (4,406), Cherish Samelli (3,595) and Jamie Scott Stehly (3,590).  Thursday canvas by the Mohave County Board of Supervisors makes August 4 election results official. Kingman voters approved the permanent base budget adjustment ballot question while rejecting another proposal to double the term of office for the position of Mayor from two to four years.  Kingman voters have another ballot question to decide in the general election November 3….

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Federal funding needed for cultured meat research

Dear Editor, Readers who care about animal welfare should ask Senators Martha McSally and Kyrsten Sinema to support federal funding for cultured-meat research. Cultured meat is grown from cells, without slaughtering nonhumans. It has the potential to eliminate unimaginable levels of suffering. After all, we kill tens of billions of land animals and over a trillion aquatic animals for food every year. Ending this violence is more plausible than you think. A growing number of companies are developing cultured-meat products. Even Tyson Foods, the slaughtered-meat giant, has invested in the sector. However, costs of these humane options will need to…

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Jo Elle Hurns accepts BHC chamber position

BULLHEAD CITY – The Bullhead Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce and welcome Jo Elle Hurns as Executive Director.  Jo Elle will be starting her new position on August 24. After multiple months of interviewing by the Board of Directors Hiring committee, Jo Elle joins the BHC Chamber of Commerce with multiple years of Chamber and marketing experience in the TriState area. She started her TriState career in 1987, overseeing such events, in conjunction with the Laughlin Tourism Committee, as The World’s Longest Line Dance, off road races, professional rodeos, bull riding and the Laughlin River Run. This…

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Quarantine lifted at county jail; COVID spread avoided

KINGMAN – A potential outbreak has been avoided after two COVID-19 positive inmates potentially exposed 78 others to the coronavirus at the Mohave County Adult Detention Center in Kingman. Captain Don Bischoff and staff immediately removed the coronavirus positive inmates last month and placed the others in cohort congregate quarantine in two housing units of the jail. “We dodged a bullet and are now moving forward,” Bischoff said Thursday, a week after normal operations resumed at the Detention Center. Bischoff said the two-week quarantine was lifted when there was no spread among inmates within the housing units of concern.  …

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North Arizona swim advisory lifted

KATHERINE LANDING – Water quality levels at North Arizona Telephone Cove on Lake Mohave have returned to normal. The swim advisory at this location has been lifted. Currently, there are no swim advisories on Lake Mead or Lake Mohave. Help keep our lakes clean by using designated restrooms and dumping RV and sewage at the park’s free sanitation stations.

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