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County road work continues

MOHAVE COUNTY – The citizens of Mohave County can expect the following road maintenance activity during the week of August 31: Kingman: Road grading on Red Wing Canyon Rd. Crews will be crack sealing on Marshall Dr. They will be repairing pot holes and making repairs to the right of way in the Butler area. Hackberry: Road grading on Hackberry Rd. Wikieup: Road grading on Bogles Ranch Rd. Yucca: Road grading on 1) Alamo Rd. from Mile 40 to Mile 55, 2) Alamo Rd. from Mile 7 working south, 3) Santa Fe Ranch Rd. and 4) Butch Cassidy Rd. Hualapai…

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Airway Ave. closed

KINGMAN – The McCon Building Corporation will be restricting some lanes overnight on Airway Avenue between Van Nuys Road and Stockton Hill Rd. beginning Sunday, August 30, and continuing until Friday morning, September 4; the restrictions will last from 7:00 p.m. through 7:00a.m. This is for utility work for the new Culver’s Restaurant on Airway Ave. If you have any questions, the contact for the McCon Building Corporation is Justin Theobald at (608) 341-7415 or email: jstheobald@mccon.net 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):…

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All signs point to exceptional dove-hunting season

Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000220 EndHTML:0000012761 StartFragment:0000003171 EndFragment:0000012725 SourceURL:file://localhost/Volumes/Public/%E2%80%A2%20editorial%20storage/General%20News/090220/dove%20season.doc Opening day is Tuesday, Sept. 1 Delayed. Postponed. Or, just flat-out scrubbed. Looking back, 2020 will go down as the year in which our daily lives were turned on their ears, not so much remembered for what we did but what we couldn’t do. Fortunately, hunting memories are waiting to be made when the 2020 dove season opens Sept. 1. It will still be important to remain physically distant from other groups, or persons not in your same party or household, of course, but Arizona’s dove hunters are strongly encouraged to stay socially connected…

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Drug courier takes prison deal

BULLHEAD CITY – A drug mule from Bullhead City pleaded guilty and went straight to jail Tuesday, willfully skipping the 30-day period that usually elapses before sentencing. Amanda Boone, 37, told Mohave County judge Doug Camacho she prefers to start serving time to get it over with as soon as possible. Judge Camacho imposed the five-year prison term mandated in the plea agreement. Several charges in two criminal cases were dismissed in exchange for Boone’s conviction on a transportation of danger drugs for sale charge. Prosecutor Rod Albright said Boone was driving when pulled over on Interstate 40, about eight…

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Unrelated assaults keep officers busy

A Fort Mohave man’s assault of a woman and a California man’s unrelated attack of a detention officer are detailed in a Thursday news release from the Mohave County Sheriff’s office. Agency spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said deputies responded to a disturbance call at an apartment complex in the 4100 block of S. Lynn Dr., at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.  “Multiple reporting parties advised that neighbors were outside yelling and fighting,” Mortensen said. Deputies found no indication of an outside disturbance before they made contact with a woman and another witness who indicated they had been drinking with Christopher John Mauch,…

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American Red Cross responds to Hurricane Laura

PHOENIX – The threat from Hurricane Laura is far from over; Hurricane Laura is bringing life-threatening and devastating damage to the Gulf Coast and areas far inland Through Friday, Laura will bring as much as 18 inches of rain to Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas, continuing north over the weekend with heavy rain to the Mid-Atlantic region. The Red Cross has mobilized more than 800 trained disaster workers to support relief efforts on the ground or virtually. We are supporting local officials and community response plans, which are focused on providing shelter, food, and comfort to those in need.  Our Region…

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