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KINGMAN – The City of Kingman is notifying

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Jamison receives nine years with plea agreement

Probation violations and new criminal cases resolved through a single plea agreement result in a nine year prison term for a Bullhead City woman. Lisa Marie Jamison, 39, was sentenced Friday, May 24, by Mohave County Superior Court Judge Derek Carlisle. Jamison was placed on probation in December, 2015 after pleading guilty to four counts of child abuse by for endangering children who had access to four weapons and ammunition inside a Bullhead City apartment. Jamison was arrested on a failure to appear warrant when contacted in September, 2018. Police reportedly seized usable amounts of methamphetamine and marijuana, and some drug…

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June 7 is Wheels on Beale

Join in on the first Friday in June for Downtown Kingman’s First Friday’s Wheels on Beale! There will be TWO blocks closed this month! Between 3rd and 4th Streets will be all kinds of courses for bikes, skates, scooters, and skateboards! They’ll have DJ Jeremiah Green again playing everyone’s favorites while everyone checks out the other offerings. There will be pop-up parks all throughout Beale Street as well as family game centers and activities for kids! The event is free to attend. We are gracious to receive any monetary donations in order to keep Downtown Kingman’s First Friday going and…

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Lower energy costs lead to summer savings for UniSource Electric customers

UniSource Energy Services electric customers will enjoy summer bill savings that average more than $21 per month thanks to reduced natural gas and power prices. The Arizona Corporation Commission approved UniSource’s request to apply an energy cost credit of 1.85 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) to its electric bills from June 1 to Sept. 30. The credit is expected to reduce the bills of typical residential customers by $21.56 per month, on average, or nearly 18 percent.  “We’re passing along significant fuel and energy cost savings to our electric customers just in time for the summer, when temperatures rise and energy…

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Tourism to Lake Mead National Recreation Area creates $336 million in economic benefits

A new National Park Service report shows that 7.6 million visitors to Lake Mead National Recreation Area in 2018 spent an estimated $336 million in local gateway communities while visiting the park. These expenditures supported a total of 3,990 jobs, $149 million in labor income, $247 million in value added and $397 million in economic output in local gateway economies surrounding Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The peer-reviewed visitor spending analysis was conducted by economists Catherine Cullinane Thomas and Egan Cornachione of the U.S. Geological Survey and Lynne Koontz of the National Park Service. The report shows $20.2 billion of…

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Rotary learns about WWII Memorial restoration

Speaking at Kingman Route 66 Rotary Club’s May 24th meeting was Terry Flanagan, Commandant of Marine Corps League 887. Flanagan spoke to the club on the World War I Memorial currently being restored by the Marine Corps League’s Devil Dogs. In the 1990’s the machine gun figure between the doughboy and sailor disappeared at a time when copper was being stolen throughout the area and it is being replaced by the Devil Dogs. Dedication of the memorial is scheduled for June 29th in front of the courthouse.

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