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Letter to the Editor
The fallacy in cherry picking

Dear Editor, During the recent Trump administration’s U.S.

fire extinguisher
Safe evacuation in Lake Havasu City garage fire

LAKE HAVASU CITY – At approximately 11:30 p.m.

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Rhythm & Brews festival returns for third year

KINGMAN — The Kingman Area Chamber of Commerce

Nancy Griffith Terhaar

March 12, 1948 – May 29, 2026 Nancy,

Volunteers help expand innovative Colorado River Fish Habitat

BULLHEAD CITY — Twenty volunteers from Bullhead City

arrested in handcuffs
Scam artists apprehended in Starbucks parking lot

KINGMAN – An alleged scam artist was arrested

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Pam Wanner

All I want for Christmas is utopia

Dear Editor, An incorrect assumption has been proffered about an individual who does not share your particular point of view. Should I assume someone who calls you a socialist be considered a wannabe communist because they align with a president who seems to hold Putin in high esteem? When some individuals in the population overlook the president’s continual lying, deliberate obstructions of congressional inquiries, but then seem jubilant over their anticipated social security raises (a socialist program if ever there was one). Perhaps those individuals should not be questioning others political proclivities. It was Trump’s professor of marketing at Wharton…

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Kingman Republican Women swear in new officers at luncheon

At a Saturday, Dec. 14 meeting of the Kingman Republican Women, new officers were installed by Mohave County District 4 Supervisor Jean Bishop at Dam Bar Steak House. Nancy Moschcau was installed as new President; Kim Casey as Second Vice-President; Barbara Carpenter as Secretary; and Penny Holden as Treasurer. Newly installed First Vice-President Cindy Landa Cox was not able to attend the meeting. Senate candidate Daniel McCarthy was the guest speaker. McCarthy spoke about mistakes the party has made and his intention to be a better public servant than his peers. – Michael Morrison

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Saturday with Santa

KINGMAN- Santa will be making a special trip to the Kingman Library Branch on Saturday, Dec. 21! The library’s Rhythm Band will be welcoming Kris Kringle with a holiday song. Santa will be reading a story and spreading Christmas cheer to all! Parents don’t forget your camera! Santa will be available for pictures. For more information, call 928-692-2665 or Starr.White@mohavecounty.us.

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4-H members play Santa’s elves for a day

Members of the Mohave County 4-H Interstate Exchange Club played Santa’s elves recently to help with the Senior Angel Tree at the Kingman City Complex and also the Children Angel Tree at Kingman Regional Medical Center. The 4-H Exchange Club members and leaders spent an afternoon shopping to fulfill the wishes and needs of 25 seniors and children, which included three new bicycles and lots of shoes and toys. The shopping spree was made possible by a donation from Dwayne Patterson, Re/Max Prestige Property Realty.

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Peacey found guilty of theft

KINGMAN – On Wednesday, Dec. 11, Jeremiah Grant Peacey, 40, of Kingman was found guilty of theft of $170,000 from a suitcase stolen from a cart at the Kingman Walmart. During trial, Peacey did not dispute taking the suitcase, but rather the amount of money that was in the suitcase. He maintained that there was significantly less than $170,000. The prosecution laid out a case that detailed how the victim calculated the amount of money she possessed in the suitcase through her own meticulous recordkeeping and argued that the defendant made no reasonable attempt to contact the original owner of…

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New detention officers sworn in

MOHAVE COUNTY – The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office would like to introduce their newest detention officers. The new detention officers were presented with their badges and sworn in by Chief Deputy Dean McKie at a ceremony on Friday, Dec. 6, in the presence of their friends and family. Mohave County Sheriff Doug Schuster is looking for motivated men and women to serve Mohave County by joining his law enforcement family at the Adult Detention Facility in Kingman. The Sheriff’s Office is still hiring for the position of detention officer, now with a new higher starting wage. Apply online or call…

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