Necessary zoning changes are pending for a company planning to develop three travel center and truck stop projects along Interstate 40 outside Kingman. Mohave County Supervisors will take up the requests from Petroleum Wholesale, L.P., of The Woodlands, Texas during their board meeting next Monday. The county planning and zoning commission is recommending approval after considering the requests during its May 22 meeting. Two of the projects are proposed 20 miles east of Kingman at Blake Ranch Road, both north and south of Interstate 40. The ten and eleven acre parcels currently designated as general commercial would be rezoned to…

Kingman voters may get the opportunity to decide whether the city mayor should serve for four years rather than two.  Kingman council members currently serve four-year terms while the mayor only serves two years. City Clerk Sydney Muhle recently told council members that the community may enjoy enhanced political stability and continuity with a four-year term format. She said more candidates might run for mayor if they can lock up a four-year term rather than having to expend the money and energy to run every two years. Muhle said Kingman is one of 42 municipalities in Arizona whose mayors serve two…