As the boating season gears up in Lake Havasu City, a resort community many like to call “Arizona’s West Coast,” May looks like a fun month with a Chihuahua race, a striper fishing derby, and a new attraction in town called glow paddling. The 11th Annual Cinco de Mayo Chihuahua Races & Social Event will May 5. The Chihuahua is a tiny short-hair with a huge personality and big-dog attitude. You’ve seen them steal the show in Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Legally Blonde, and Sex and the City. Now you can see these fast pocket-sized critters race on a 30-ft. sand track when Paws &…

Arizona’s bears are on the move in search for an easy meal, and the Arizona Game and Fish Department reminds everyone to be safe by being Bear Aware The warning comes as department officials tranquilized and safely relocated a sub-adult male bear on Sunday, April 21 in Prescott Valley. AZGFD was contacted by local police who reported that around 8 p.m. a bear was spotted in the Prescott Valley Old Town Plaza parking lot. Two Prescott Valley officers responded and located the bear, which ran up a tree at a nearby residence. The bear remained in the tree until AZGFD…

With eleven wildfires in nearly five months, Mohave County is one of the most active counties in the state, second only to Cochise. The most recent fire, the Beach Fire – along the Colorado River, consumed almost 55 acres before firefighters could get it contained. Every year, humans continue to be the number one cause of fires in the state. With that, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management wants to remind residents to be proactive when it comes to fire prevention efforts. Protect property by creating defensible space. Simple tips include, trimming back dry or dead vegetation, including…