OATMAN – A number of merchants in the historic mining town of Oatman oppose a western flavored enterprise proposed by an Aztec, New Mexico businessman. Tim McCarthy wants to develop “The Old 66 Ranch” about one mile outside of Oatman. “I’m looking at putting in a small western town with horseback rides,” McCarthy said during the January 8 meeting of the Mohave County Planning and Zoning Commission. “We’re putting in a zip line. We’ll have a petting zoo and various activities that come with that. We’re looking at putting in a little mining museum and a reptile exhibit.” McCarthy said…

BULLHEAD CITY – A Thursday, Jan. 23 open house aims to help inform the owners of hundreds of property parcels that may be impacted by updated flood maps proposed for portions of South Mohave Valley and Fort Mojave Tribal lands. The open house that runs from 12:00 to 6:00 p.m. will take place at River Valley High School, located at 2250 Laguna Road. Mohave County Flood Control District Engineer Paul Baughman said 348 structures are being removed from the floodplain in the new maps that are proposed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). “Many property owners will benefit by…

Featured speaker at Kingman Route 66 Rotary Club’s January 24 meeting was Mohave Community College’s (MCC) Kingman campus President (and fellow Rotarian), Dr. Stacy Klippenstein. As of July 1, Klippenstein became MCC’s sixth president. Having earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Secondary Education and Master of Education in Student Affairs Administration at Montana State University, Klippenstein went on to be awarded his Doctor of Education at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. From there, he began his career in higher education at Northern Arizona University in 1996, where he worked in the Office of Residence Life and Facilities…

KINGMAN – A cylinder toppled into a pickup truck on W. Beale Street Tuesday, resulting in significant traffic congestion in downtown Kingman. Police responded to the incident at about 9:50 a.m. Deputy Kingman police chief Rusty Cooper said the mishap occurred when a semi pulling a flatbed trailer loaded with an empty liquid nitrogen cylinder pulled onto the arterial from a private driveway. “The motion of the trailer rolling over the curb caused the chains used to secure the load to break,” Cooper said. “The large cylinder rolled off of the trailer onto the roadway and into a Ford pickup…