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CDBG funding hearing will address allocation of funds

Mohave County will provide important information to prospective applicants for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds at an upcoming public hearing. The January 8 hearing that begins at 6:00 p.m. will be held in the Saguaro Room at the Mohave County Administration Building at 700 West Beale Street in downtown Kingman. Community Services Director Dave Wolf said interested parties must attend the hearing to learn about the application process involving funds that are allocated to benefit low-income persons and areas, alleviate slum and blight or address an urgent need. Examples of potential uses include public infrastructure, community facilities, housing, public…

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Bullhead City Council passes resolutions for aid for Bullhead businesses and law enforcement

BULLHEAD CITY – At the Dec 4 regular meeting of the Bullhead City Council, resolutions that benefit business, community, and law enforcement were all passed. The first agenda item that was discussed and voted on was a resolution focused on food redistributor DOT Foods’s request to receive a permit fee waiver and construction sales tax. These requests would benefit a DOT Foods expansion in Bullhead City. The company anticipates between 50-70 full time jobs, as a result of the expansion – all of which would be necessitated by an economic analysis of the theoretical expansion. With the economic analysis the…

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Big Sandy, other waterways continue to run swiftly

WIKIEUP – Late Friday morning, Dec. 6, the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office received a call that a 57-year-old man had become stranded in his four-wheel drive truck while trying to cross the Big Sandy River. Search and Rescue was activated, and swift water teams responded to his location. While enroute, he managed to self-rescue to the shore he had entered on. The Big Sandy River is one of several water ways in Mohave County that continue to run with large amounts of water for days, if not weeks, after a rainstorm has passed. Search and Rescue wants to remind everyone…

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Small business seminar slated

MOHAVE COUNTY – The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) will host a Business Compliance Clinic webinar on Wednesday, Dec. 11 from noon to 1 p.m. Join SBDC for this lunch and learn to learn the step-by-step business compliance for the State of Arizona. Learn about business structure options, securing a business name, transaction privilege tax, city business license, employer identification number, contractor’s license, liquor license, general liability insurance, and create a customized business checklist. The webinar is free and open to the public; however pre-registration is required at azsbdc.net.

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Imagination Library kicks off reading program

KINGMAN – Soroptimist International of Kingman and Kingman Elks Lodge 468 teamed up on November 24 to kick off the Dolly Parton Imagination Library book program in Kingman. The program is headed locally by Kingman Elks Lodge chair and trustee Nan Chrimes, Soroptimist president Kathy Hopper, and Soroptimist co-chair Colleen Kirby. Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth to age five, in participating communities throughout the U.S. Kingman Elks Lodge 468 was the venue for families with children up to five years old to participate in this free book-a-month program.   At…

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