Trending Today ...
LHC Parks and Recreation hosts second Truck-a-Palooza at

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Lake Havasu City invites

Eleven years strong: Inside the dedicated volunteer work

LAKE HAVASU CITY — For the past eleven

Plea deal reached: Havasu ex-firefighter headed to prison

LAKE HAVASU CITY — A former Lake Havasu

Suspect dies after OIS in Kingman

KINGMAN – On Saturday afternoon, May 2, Mohave

mohave college
Mohave College Lake Havasu Campus celebrates students during

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave College Lake Havasu City Campus

Kingman man rejects plea deal, faces potentially 300

KINGMAN — A Kingman man facing a life

Thank you for reading The Standard newspaper online!

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona holds virtual job fair Wednesday, July 21

Health insurance company aims to fill more than 65 full-time positions Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona is holding a virtual job fair this Wednesday, July 21, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. As a local health insurance company, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona provides health insurance products, services, and networks to more than 1.9 million individuals, families, and businesses throughout the state. The company is looking to fill more than 65 full-time openings, which range from Clinical and Customer Service jobs to Information Technology, Medical Coding, and Project Management positions. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona is one…

Read More

Local church opens 22,000 sq. ft. Community Center

KINGMAN – The slow crawl out of the pandemic has halted more than a few projects in the community and the last year’s social distancing has people ready to get out and begin to mingle. Collage Park Baptist Church, being amongst the group of projects, finally opened the doors to its brand new community Center. A 22,000 square foot gymnasium topped with an entire floor of classrooms and conference centers as well as a full commercial kitchen and prep kitchen. The building sports a gymnasium and stage. With its modern sound system and soon-to-be stage lights in place, the College…

Read More

Sportsmen’s Club to reopen

KINGMAN – After a year of pandemic lockdown and several months of preparation The Sportsmen’s Club will be reopening its doors. The Sportsmen’s Club shuttered its operation to safeguard itself and its patrons during the COVID pandemic. With all of the staff having been vaccinated, it is ready to reopen. Originally opening its doors in 1910, it has been known as The Palace Saloon, The Deluxe, and eventually The Sportsmen’s Club. These days it simply goes by most of its patrons as “Sporty’s.” Steeped in the long history of Kingman, its roots go back to a watering hole for thirsty…

Read More

WestCare approved to receive $1 million of ARPA funds

MOHAVE COUNTY – District 2 Mohave County supervisor Hildy Angius has earned board approval to use coronavirus pandemic relief funds to help addicts recover and rehabilitate in Bullhead City. The county is receiving about $41.5million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, and the board decided in April that each supervisor would take a lead role in determining how to spend a little more than $8million in each of the five county districts. “It is not a secret that my passion is recovery for addicts and alcoholics and all who struggle with addiction, particularly women,” Angius said. She said more services are needed…

Read More

WestCare approved to receive $1 million of ARPA funds

MOHAVE COUNTY – District 2 Mohave County supervisor Hildy Angius has earned board approval to use coronavirus pandemic relief funds to help addicts recover and rehabilitate in Bullhead City. The county is receiving about $41.5million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, and the board decided in April that each supervisor would take a lead role in determining how to spend a little more than $8million in each of the five county districts. “It is not a secret that my passion is recovery for addicts and alcoholics and all who struggle with addiction, particularly women,” Angius said. She said more services are needed…

Read More

First-of-its-kind endeavor in Arizona, MEC and TWN celebrate 1st fiber optic broadband connections

BULLHEAD CITY – Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC), TWN Communications (TWN), state and local elected officials, along with community members came together on July 15, to commemorate the first fiber broadband connections. In a first-of-its-kind endeavor for an electric cooperative in Arizona, MEC is building a fiber-optic network to enhance electric operations and provide fast, reliable broadband service for each MEC member,  a service territory consisting of 36,000 members / 42,500 end points. “Our members and electeds insisted MEC take on this challenge,” said MEC CEO Tyler Carlson. “MEC was formed by our early members when investor-owned utilities would not provide…

Read More