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Dear Editor, Summer arrives slowly and disappears quickly.

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Godoy gets three years in drugs-for-sale case

KINGMAN – A three-year prison term has been

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Volunteers needed for senior center in Kingman

KINGMAN –  The Kathryn Heidenreich Adult and Senior

100-plus years for Lake Havasu City child pornography

LAKE HAVASU CITY – More than one century

County pushes forward with morgue project despite transparency

KINGMAN – Its architect has submitted application with the

June Greetings from Lydia Henry, The Mohave County

As we make our way into June, we're

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Burro management by helicopter has to go

Dear Editor, I’m writing in response to a “Letter to the Editor” that was written by last minute candidate for District 4 Supervisor Don Martin, a cousin (by marriage) of our current District 4 Supervisor Wilma Jean Bishop. His personal attack on myself and Mr. Butch Meriwether was published on Wednesday January 31, 2024 in The Standard Martin, a man with an apparent anger management problem who not long ago literally screamed at me in the lobby of the County building in front of multiple witnesses, is way off base as usual. Martin claims to be a “conservationist” but it…

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Burro management by helicopter has to go

Dear Editor, I’m writing in response to a “Letter to the Editor” that was written by last minute candidate for District 4 Supervisor Don Martin, a cousin (by marriage) of our current District 4 Supervisor Wilma Jean Bishop. His personal attack on myself and Mr. Butch Meriwether was published on Wednesday January 31, 2024 in The Standard Martin, a man with an apparent anger management problem who not long ago literally screamed at me in the lobby of the County building in front of multiple witnesses, is way off base as usual. Martin claims to be a “conservationist” but it…

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What’s in your water; is it safe to drink?

Water and its availability are on just about everyone’s mind especially because Lake Mead is almost at critical levels. The Colorado River, that feeds Lake Mead, provides water to eight states, in addition to Mexico. These states are divided into two regions: the Upper Basin and the Lower Basin. The Upper Basin includes Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. The Lower Basin includes Arizona, California, and Nevada, and Mexico. Arizona state officials say that 1 in 20 wells in the Hualapai Valley Basin around Kingman would no longer produce in 100 years if the current rate of pumping continues. The…

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What’s in your water; is it safe to drink?

Water and its availability are on just about everyone’s mind especially because Lake Mead is almost at critical levels. The Colorado River, that feeds Lake Mead, provides water to eight states, in addition to Mexico. These states are divided into two regions: the Upper Basin and the Lower Basin. The Upper Basin includes Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. The Lower Basin includes Arizona, California, and Nevada, and Mexico. Arizona state officials say that 1 in 20 wells in the Hualapai Valley Basin around Kingman would no longer produce in 100 years if the current rate of pumping continues. The…

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15 years for traffic fatal

BULLHEAD CITY – A Bullhead City woman will go to the Arizona Department of Corrections after pleading guilty in a fatal traffic accident. Deputy Mohave County Attorney Jacob Cote said 51-year-old Lidia Tapia was intoxicated by alcohol and had methamphetamine in her system when the Camry she was operating rear-ended a Ford Expedition on Highway 68 in Golden Valley in Oct., 2022. The driver of the other vehicle, Michael Bunes, 51, Golden Valley, was dead at the scene of the accident. Three passengers in the Expedition and Tapia were treated for injuries at Kingman Regional Medical Center. Aggravated assault, criminal…

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15 years for traffic fatal

BULLHEAD CITY – A Bullhead City woman will go to the Arizona Department of Corrections after pleading guilty in a fatal traffic accident. Deputy Mohave County Attorney Jacob Cote said 51-year-old Lidia Tapia was intoxicated by alcohol and had methamphetamine in her system when the Camry she was operating rear-ended a Ford Expedition on Highway 68 in Golden Valley in Oct., 2022. The driver of the other vehicle, Michael Bunes, 51, Golden Valley, was dead at the scene of the accident. Three passengers in the Expedition and Tapia were treated for injuries at Kingman Regional Medical Center. Aggravated assault, criminal…

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