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City of Kingman considers option to fund interchange project

The City of Kingman and a financial consultant are working to add a new option that could someday be used to help finance the Rancho Santa Fe interchange project. Mark Reader addressed city council members for 50 minutes Tuesday, explaining that Community Facilities Districts (CFD’s) can be formed to issue bonds to fund public infrastructure projects.    Reader has developed policies and guidelines that the Council may adopt, that would provide the opportunity for developers and residents to form districts to fund projects in the future. With voters rolling back a sales tax last fall and skepticism they’d approve a property…

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Aquino takes plea agreement; sentencing May 15

A former detention officer has pleaded guilty to bringing contraband into the Adult Detention Center where she worked for the Mohave County sheriff’s office in Kingman. Ashley Desiree Aquino, 24, Bullhead City, was arrested last November when accused of bringing heroin and other contraband into the jail. Through a plea agreement entered Monday, Aquino will be convicted of one count of promoting prison contraband. Prosecutor James Schoppmann told the Court that Aquino smuggled tobacco into the jail, providing it to her inmate boyfriend Ryan Valente Acosta, 29, Bullhead City, and inmate Matthew Solari, 31, Needles. Schoppmann said Aquino was aware…

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Stockton Hill construction continues

Crews have been working on the culvert crossing and miscellaneous concrete work throughout the project. Crews plan to patch the west side of Stockton Hill Road this Friday, April 19. Next week, they will be working on curb and sidewalk replacements at the culvert crossing. As they complete this work, small areas of traffic control will be set up around the work zones. The culvert work should be done next week. The waterline project is waiting for regulatory approvals from the state. As soon as it receives the approval, crews will start working on the final tie ins. This work will occur…

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Lake Havasu City offices closed for Good Friday

All city offices and Havasu mobility are closed this Friday, April 19, in observance of Good Friday.  As always, police and fire personnel are on duty, however, administrative offices are closed. Trash and recycling services are not interrupted. The Aquatic Center pool is open for exercise and lap swim from 5:00am to 1:00pm, and the After School Program is open from 2:30pm to 6:00pm. All City offices resume normal schedules on Monday, April 22.

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Hydro-Vac cleaning taking place

Kingman’s semi-annual wastewater collections contractor will perform hydro-vac cleaning of various diameter conveyance lines over the next two weeks. The maintenance will be performed at various locations within Kingman and the county, including high traffic areas such as the Stockton Hill Road corridor, Airway Avenue, and Andy Devine Ave. The vehicles associated with the maintenance performed will be two tanker-style utility trucks – either white, white & blue, or red in color. The contractor performing the work is Simons Sewer Cleaning, and should finish the maintenance within about two weeks.

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Arizona Legislature, driving under the influence of electronics – needs to stop!

According to the most recent 2017 study by the Arizona Department of Transportation, a person was killed every 8 hours and 46 minutes in a traffic collision on our roads. Driver behavior was a factor in more than 90 percent of all crashes. With evidence of crashes and fatalities continuing to rise year after year, the question remains, “Why isn’t our Arizona Legislature doing more to better protect us on our open roads? Prior to October 2013, I was living my dream job as a firefighter. Among my varied duties, was responding to the tragic, yet preventable crashes caused by…

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