MOHAVE COUNTY – COVID-19 has resulted in 672 hospitalizations in Mohave County dating back to the start of the pandemic. That’s roughly 17% of the 3,959 people who’ve tested positive in northwest Arizona. These are some of the many statistics Department of Public Health Director Denise Burley provided during Thursday’s special Board of Supervisors meeting in Kingman. Burley told board members that 3,572 people infected in Mohave County have recovered from the coronavirus. 217 deaths have been recorded. Burley said new coronavirus case counts have averaged 61 people over the last three weeks. Nursing Services Manager Lynn Valentine said there’s…

MOHAVE COUNTY – Supervisor Hildy Angius’ push to end Mohave County’s COVID-19 emergency declaration failed in a predictable 3-2 vote during Thursday’s special board meeting in Kingman. Supervisor Ron Gould sided with Angius, while the rest of the board voted to keep in place Chairman Jean Bishop’s March 18 proclamation. Angius and Gould contend dwindling numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths have ended any local emergency that may have existed. And they want government to retreat from edicts and return liberty to the people to make their own health care determinations. “People can make up their own minds themselves how…