Retiring Mohave County Manager Mike Hendrix wishes peace and happiness for all as his 36-year career ends in retirement. The longtime Kingman resident said it’s odd to exit local government when COVID-19 and racial unrest surges across America. “You know what I’d like to see for the community is that we continue to embrace each other. This is such a fantastic community,” Hendrix said. “Look at what’s happening throughout the rest of the country. There’s so much hate and so much division and we don’t really have that here. We have people who will be in their car and will…

KINGMAN – Final adoption of a budget totaling more than $222 million occurred during a special Kingman City Council meeting Tuesday. Finance Director Tina Moline told Council members that the spending plan that normally allocates about $1 million to the contingency fund is set at $2.55-million in fiscal 2021. Moline said that will enable a larger payment on public safety retirement fund debt, provided contingency monies are not drained by uncertainty associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. She said staff is confident that the spending plan has sufficient carry-forward money. “At the end of fiscal 2021 we’re expected to have just…