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Bashas’ holding statewide job fair Saturday, May 15

Arizona’s hometown grocer aims to fill more than 700 full-time and part-time grocery positions MOHAVE COUNTY – Bashas’ Family of Stores is holding a statewide job fair this Saturday, May 15, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at at all 114 grocery stores throughout the state, including Kingman and Lake Havasu City. The family-owned grocer that operates Food City, AJ’s Fine Foods, and Bashas’ supermarkets is looking to fill more than 700 full-time and part-time positions. The open positions range from hourly clerks to store managers, and everything in-between, especially skilled bakers and meat cutters who can immediately join the…

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Courthouse operations kinks being worked out

KINGMAN – Mohave County has been working out initial operations kinks since staff moved into the new building addition after vacating the historic courthouse in downtown Kingman in early March. They’ve been addressing climate control, plumbing and other issues since occupying the new four-story structure. “When you open a new building, there’s always rats that have to be killed. That’s what they call it,” said County Facilities Manager John Mieding. “We’re past most of those issues. The HVAC controls have been dialed in. There’s a couple more tweaks we have to make, but they are minor.” Utility issues that surfaced…

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Veterans Resource Fair June 25

BULLHEAD CITY – The JAVC and VFW District #8 are collaborating to bring a Veterans Resource Fair to Bullhead City on Friday June 25 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. with a 9:00 a.m. registration time. The Fair will be held at the Suddenlink Community Center gymnasium, 2380 Suddenlink Way. The Bullhead City Transit stops at the Suddenlink Center at 22 minutes after the hour. Transportation requests are to be made through info@javc.org by Tuesday, June 22. They now have a shuttle available for pick-ups.  There are currently no COVID-19 restrictions at the Center but wearing a mask will not be discouraged….

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Golden Valley water service expected to be restored by early next week

GOLDEN VALLEY – Good news for many Golden Valley, Arizona residents. Mohave County staff has found a compatible submersible motor, through an exhaustive statewide search, that is available for installation. The contractor will be ready to mobilize on Friday morning and will be working through the weekend.  It’s expected that the installation will be completed and the well should be back online early next week. Approximately 500 homes in Golden Valley have remained without water for several days.. The Golden Valley Improvement District water system’s booster station was shut down on Sunday, May 9 due to the failure of its supply well….

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Save our States executive director addresses KRW

KINGMAN – Save Our States (SOS) Executive Director, Trent England addressed a group of 50 people on the importance of saving the Electoral College at regular meeting of the Kingman Republican Women (KRW) last Monday. England gave a brief history of the Electoral College and discussed the powers that states have to protect it. “The states have been overly submissive to the Federal government without using the powers they have themselves,” England said, “The Electoral College limits the ability to commit election fraud to individual states.” He said that the Electoral College protects middle America from the rule of big…

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500 Golden Valley homes remain without water service

GOLDEN VALLEY, AZ – Approximately 500 homes in Golden Valley remain without water. The Golden Valley Improvement District water system’s booster station was shut down on Sunday, May 9 due to the failure of its supply well. This led to a loss of pressure in a portion of the distribution system. The initial problem is the well failed.  Water started to be lost in the storage tank.  Emergency interconnect was implemented.  The water in the tank got below 10 feet and the booster pumps had to be shut off so as not to damage the pumps.  The motor must be replaced….

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