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Beatte found guilty of child molestation

BULLHEAD CITY – A Mohave County Superior Court jury has returned a guilty verdict in the case of a man charged with fondling a young girl in a Bullhead City motel room 13 years ago. The panel deliberated about 90 minutes on Wednesday, August 7 before convicting Jay Beatte, 44, of one count of child molestation. Deputy Mohave County Attorney Jacob Cote said the victim was the daughter of Beatte’s girlfriend and that the illegal touching occurred in other states before the incident in 2006 when they were living in the motel. Cote said the girl was 10 or 11-years-old…

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Mohave County sending out voting ballots to those in Bullhead City, KUSD

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave County election officials will be mailing out more than 60,000 ballots to voters in Bullhead City and in the Kingman Unified School District in about two months.  Voters in Bullhead City will be deciding Proposition 415 and whether to authorize the city to attempt to acquire ECPCOR Water Arizona’s local infrastructure through purchase or by condemnation if necessary. A $35 million bond issue will be determined by the KUSD electorate. Both elections are mail-in ballots only. “The Recorder’s Office and Voter Registration will be mailing out the ballots approximately one month before the election,” County Elections…

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Free business workshop offered

KINGMAN – The City of Kingman will soon be releasing applications for a grant that local downtown businesses can apply for to improve the facades of their historic buildings. Get a jump on the process by attending this workshop and learning how to go about it. The Small Business Association (SBDC) will host a free workshop Thursday, Aug. 15 from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Kingman Powerhouse Visitor’s Center, 120 W. Andy Devine Ave. The workshop will cover creating a vibrant and walkable downtown, and learning what it will take to evaluate and decide your course of action to…

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Waters spoke on KUSD bond proposal

Editors Note: This story has been edited for an error made on August 21, 2019 KINGMAN – Kingman Route 66 Rotary Club’s August 9 speaker was Gary Waters with the Yes for Kingman Schools Committee. Waters spoke on Kingman United School District’s $35,000,000 bond issue. If passed in November’s Special Election, $18 million of the bond will be used to update Palo Christi and La Senita schools with the balance to be used for 10 new school buses and other school district needs. Cost to Kingman Area School District property owners will be approximately $50 for every $100,000 of property…

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Free concert series continues Aug. 25

KINGMAN – Bring a picnic, your lawn chairs, lots of friends and join Sounds of Kingman’s Concert in the Park featuring Goodheart on Sunday, August 25 at 4:00 p.m. at Metcalfe Park (corner of Beale and Grandview in downtown Kingman). As usual, the concerts are free and open to the public. This month’s concert is sponsored by T.R. Orr Construction.

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Sting nets 10 pounds of meth, heroin

BULLHEAD CITY – A three-month long undercover operation targeting multiple drug traffickers in west Mohave County has resulted in multiple arrests and significant drug seizures. Ten pounds of methamphetamine and more than one pound of heroin was reportedly confiscated when officers searched homes in Bullhead City and the Fort Mohave area on August 8. A news release indicated that Paul Pierre Korab, 62, Fort Mohave, Eric Leigh Stock, 50, and Diana Maciel, 38, both of Bullhead City, were arrested and jailed for possession of dangerous drugs and narcotic drugs for sale. James Francis Marlow, 46, Bullhead City, was arrested for…

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