KINGMAN – The 36th Annual Women Making History in conjunction with the National Women’s History Month, was held Sunday, March 1 at the Mohave Museum of History and Arts. This year’s theme was “Valiant Women of the Vote”, honoring outstanding women in the Kingman community. “The scope of the project is to honor living women who have made a contribution of major significance or a series of ongoing contributions over a longer period of time. These women must be permanent residents of the Kingman area for at least 10 years. They will have had a positive impact on the community…

MOHAVE COUNTY – Two Mohave Community College students are now representing all of the northern Arizona Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Honor Society chapters. Kyran Benedict Soriano and Elizabeth Najera were elected as Regional Officers for the Northern District of Arizona and hold the title of co-vice president. They both won elections at the 2019 Regional Convention Meeting in Phoenix. Soriano and Najera have held the position now for about a year and have the opportunity to serve as a link between international headquarters and local PTK chapters. Locally, they are part of the PTK Kingman chapter. Soriano is PTK president…

KINGMAN- Construction of a utility scale wind farm is underway at White Hills, about 40 miles northwest of Kingman. BP Wind Energy began exploring possible development of a renewable energy project there 18 years ago. Orion Energy eventually took over the project before it was passed on to Florida-based Next Era Energy. Spokeswoman Lisa Paul said Next Era plans to begin operating the 350-megawatt wind farm this December. Some 127 turbines will be constructed on more than 24,000-acres of public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The agency approved the project in 2013 and further construction and…

KINGMAN –The Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona is developing a new art space in the Arizona Route 66 Museum at the Powerhouse Visitor Center in Kingman.  The exhibit space will feature Route 66 art on an annual rotating basis. The first exhibit will feature the work of Bob Waldmire. As a former member of the Association, and previous owner of a Route 66 Arizona business, the Hackberry General Store, the Association was eager to honor Bob for his contributions to Route 66 Arizona by exhibiting his works in the inaugural show. The space was previously a Reading Room housing…