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KUSD reopens August 17 – online

KINGMAN – More than 7,000 Kingman Unified School District students will start the new school year on August 17 but they will not be in traditional classroom environments, at least not right away. Those are the highlight outcomes following three hours of discussion at Tuesday’s governing board meeting. It took well more than one hour for President Charlie Lucero and Board member Beth Weisser to read into the record 27 letters that citizens, teachers and parents submitted on the topic of how and when to crank up the new school year. The communications touching on the whole spectrum of considerations…

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MCC partnering with Google, also offering 4-week truck driver training, and advanced surgical technology training

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave Community College unveiled several new opportunities that will help students prepare to enter the workforce during and after the pandemic, and help boost economic recovery in the region.  The announcement was made during two video news conferences that MCC and community colleges across the state held this morning. Mohave Community College and six other Arizona community college districts are partnering to help launch Google IT Support Certificates, a new industry-driven competency training option. Upon completion, students will receive a recognized industry credential that will support employment in Information Technology. “Students who earn these certificates will be…

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COVID-19 update: 48 new cases, one death on Tuesday

MOHAVE COUNTY – Late Tuesday afternoon, the Mohave County Health Department (MCDPH) Nursing staff was notified of 48 new COVID-19 confirmed cases. There is also one death, a 70-79 year age person in the Bullhead City service area, a previously reported case. Twenty three of the new confirmed cases are in the Lake Havasu City service area. Fifteen of the cases are in the Bullhead City service area. There are 10 new cases in the Kingman service area. Of the 23 Lake Havasu City area cases, one 60-69 person is hospitalized and the case is under investigation. Seventeen of the…

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LAWRENCE JOY BOND

Lawrence Joy Bond, of Kingman, died Tuesday, March 10, 2020. He was 90. Mr. Bond was born Feb. 5, 1930 in Bentley, Okla. A service was held July 11 at Sutton Memorial Funeral Home. The family contact is his wife Gladys Rose Bond. Arrangements were made by Sutton Memorial Funeral Home.

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Area Hospital Ceos on Covid-19…

Area hospital administrators agree that the COVID-19 pandemic is very real and is not a fabrication of politicians, public health officials and the media. That much was clear as the Chief Executive Officers of the largest hospitals in Kingman, Bullhead City and Lake Havasu answered media questions during Tuesday’s Mohave County press conference in Kingman. Hospital CEOs on COVID-19: “It’s not going away” MOHAVE COUNTY – Fatigue in the health care industry and throughout society was one talking point. “We’ve been doing this now for 4 1/2 months and it’s getting old,” said Michael Stenger of Western Arizona Regional Medical…

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Drug plea dismisses weapons offense

BULLHEAD CITY – Mandatory prison terms are specified in proposed plea agreements that will resolve Bullhead City drug dealing cases. Rene Carranza-Sanchez pleaded guilty Tuesday to possession of dangerous drugs for sale in a deal requiring Mohave County Superior Court Judge Rick Lambert to impose a five-year prison term at a sentencing hearing scheduled August 14. The deal dismisses other charges for alleged narcotics and weapons offenses. Prosecutor Morgan Carstensen said the charges result from a warrant-based search conducted on December 7, 2019 at a home in the 1900 block of Sea Breeze Lane. She said officers confiscated about two…

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