KINGMAN – Kingman local Joseph Roehrick has made history after being one of the very few to be promoted to Cadet Colonel in the Civil Air Patrol and be awarded the General Carl A. Spaatz award on January 6. Joseph reached the highest rank possible after nearly a decade in the Civil Air Patrol. The Civil Air Patrol is a federally supported non-profit organization that acts as the official civilian auxiliary for the US Air Force. It was founded more than 80 years ago and serves as a national defense unit. CAP is often called to aid in searches for…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A study conducted in 2019 by BMC Public Health showed that there were more than eight million new burn victim cases across the globe. The survival rate for the injured is 96.8 percent according to The American Burn Association.  A local of Lake Havasu, felt tremendous empathy towards the victims of these tragedies, and decided to create community involvement in support of burn victims. That local was Christopher (Cookie) Deutsch, the head chef at Lake Havasu’s Veterans of Foreign Wars.   Deutsch’s empathy stemmed from his own burn incidents as a chef; 13 years ago he took action by organizing local fundraisers…