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MCC classes start Feb. 8

MOHAVE COUNTY – Classes are back in session at Mohave Community college.  Many 16-week and 8-week long classes started spring semester on January 19.   It’s not too late to sign up for the semester, 12-week classes start Feb. 8.  To sign up for those classes, just fill out the free online application at Apply.Mohave.edu, or call 866-MOHAVECC for assistance. So far this semester more than 350 new students have joined nearly 3,000 returning students who are not letting the pandemic stop them from taking their college education and career advancement training to the next level.   “I’m so excited to…

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Lathrop takes plea in drug sale case

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A prison sentence is prescribed for a Lake Havasu City drug dealer who entered a plea agreement at the Mohave County courthouse in Kingman. Robert Lathrop, 59, Lake Havasu, pleaded guilty Friday to possession of dangerous drugs for sale and misconduct involving weapons. Prosecutor Jonathan Robinson said police officers executed a Dec. 1, 2020 stop of the vehicle Lathrop was driving in the 600 block of N. Lake Havasu Ave. The deputy Mohave County Attorney told Judge Doug Camacho that a search of the vehicle netted seizure of 16 grams of methamphetamine, a scale and materials…

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Messersmith honored at Rotary meeting

Charlie Tegarden, Past Rotary District Director recently awarded  Dan Messersmith,Kingman Route 66 Rotarian, for Service Above Self and Recognition for 2 years (2018-2020) serving as The Rotary Vocational Fund of Arizona President. The Rotary Vocational Fund of Arizona (TRVFA) is a non-profit organization under IRS Code 501(c)(3) whose purpose is to assist those people who qualify under Arizona law to obtain financial assistance to further their vocational studies. TRVFA is an organization which meets Arizona’s Credit For Contributions To A Qualifying Charitable Organization requirements.  Our QCO Code is 20698. Candidates who meet the eligibility requirements are identified and recommended to…

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MELINDA SUE AVERY

Melinda Sue Avery, of Kingman, died Tuesday, January 26, 2021. She was 53. Mrs. Avery was born July 15, 1967 in Joliet, Ill. The family contact is her husband Jeffrey Wayne Avery. Arrangements were made by Sutton Memorial Funeral Home.

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Monthly trash cleanup opportunities for White Cliffs Wagon Trail

KINGMAN – Dedicated nature enthusiasts beat the first winter storm of 2021 to clean up trash at White Cliffs Wagon Trail Saturday. Kingman Main Street, an organization of local volunteers and business owners dedicated to downtown revitalization, held a monthly gathering to rid the trails located north of downtown Kingman of various assortments of litter. Twelve helpers, adults and children, including three people from Lake Havasu City, scoured the trails for about two hours starting at 10 a.m. They collected three full bags and a few tinier bags of garbage, most of which was dog waste and broken glass. The…

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JUDY ANN (FINCH) SMITH

Longtime resident Judy Ann (Finch) Smith who was born on February 13, 1939, to Arlise and Vernie Finch in Kingman Arizona died on Sunday, January 24, 2021 due to Covid-19 complications. Her father’s family arrived in Kingman Arizona in 1921 in an old Model-T leaving the Sacramento Mountains in New Mexico to start a new life in Kingman. The Elks Club and Courthouse were already here, but there were very few houses.  What is now Topeka used to be the old Highway 66.  It came down through Slaughter House Canyon and down that way.   Judy’s father Arlise attended grades 3rd…

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