The 2019 Mohave County Republican Picnic was held at the Mohave County Park in the Hualapai Mountains last weekend. More than 300 people escaped the blistering heat of Kingman, Lake Havasu City, Bullhead City and the surrounding areas to venture high into the Hualapai Mountains for cooler temperatures and to attend the picnic. From left to right Mohave County Supervisor District 4 Jean Bishop, Arizona State Representatives District 5 Leo Biasiucci and Regina Cobb, Arizona State Senator District 5 Sonny Borrelli and Mohave County Supervisor District 2 Hildy Angius, take time for a photo together. U.S. Congressman, Arizona’s Fourth Congressional…

(Editor’s Note: This is a second in the two-part series about lifesaving hiking and desert driving/exploring preparedness presented by Butch Meriwether, a Mohave County resident and photojournalist.) Ninety year-old “snowbird” Jack Bower, from Auburn, Calif., who has a winter home in Golden Valley, knows the need to be prepared. Bower has been exploring and treasure hunting in various areas of the western United States and throughout the world since he was about 17 years old. He recently ventured to Alaska in search for gold. “Besides food and emergency equipment, I always have a couple bottles of water and granola bars…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A Sunday fire prompted the precautionary evacuation of the VFW Hall and nearby businesses in Lake Havasu City. Fire department personnel responded at 3:20 p.m. to the incident in the 200 block of London Bridge Road. City Manager Jess Knudson said, in a news release, that the fire apparently started in the interior of a vehicle outside the buildings. Flames spread to another vehicle and were threatening the structures, so the buildings were cleared. Crews quickly extinguished the fire and no injuries were reported.