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The fallacy in cherry picking

Dear Editor, During the recent Trump administration’s U.S.

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Safe evacuation in Lake Havasu City garage fire

LAKE HAVASU CITY – At approximately 11:30 p.m.

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Rhythm & Brews festival returns for third year

KINGMAN — The Kingman Area Chamber of Commerce

Nancy Griffith Terhaar

March 12, 1948 – May 29, 2026 Nancy,

Volunteers help expand innovative Colorado River Fish Habitat

BULLHEAD CITY — Twenty volunteers from Bullhead City

arrested in handcuffs
Scam artists apprehended in Starbucks parking lot

KINGMAN – An alleged scam artist was arrested

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Free Christmas tree recycling offered

KINGMAN – The City of Kingman is providing a drop-off place for Christmas trees. This will be for Christmas trees only. The trees need to be clean of all lights and decorations, so they can go through the wood chipper for recycling. The designated drop-off location is at the City of Kingman Public Works Building, 3700 E. Andy Devine Ave. The area is at the north end of the property and well-marked with signs. Trees can be dropped off seven days a week from 6:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. The program runs until February 16.

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Free Christmas tree recycling offered

KINGMAN – The City of Kingman is providing a drop-off place for Christmas trees. This will be for Christmas trees only. The trees need to be clean of all lights and decorations, so they can go through the wood chipper for recycling. The designated drop-off location is at the City of Kingman Public Works Building, 3700 E. Andy Devine Ave. The area is at the north end of the property and well-marked with signs. Trees can be dropped off seven days a week from 6:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. The program runs until February 16.

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Radic named to Dean’s List at Lehigh University

Dean’s List status, which is awarded to students who earned a scholastic average of 3.6 or better while carrying at least 12 hours of regularly graded courses, has been granted to Maya Radic in the Fall 2023 semester. For more than 150 years, Lehigh University (lehigh.edu) has combined outstanding academic and learning opportunities with leadership in fostering innovative research. The institution is among the nation’s most selective, highly ranked private research universities. Lehigh’s five colleges – College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business, College of Education, College of Health, and the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science…

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Lucky couples can get hitched on 66 this February

KINGMAN – The vintage Las Vegas Boulevard Cupid’s Wedding Chapel neon will be renovated into Kingman’s newest roadside landmark in February 2024. The sign will be located 200 feet west of the famous Route 66 Drive Thru Shield, directly across Route 66 from Dunton Motors Dream Machines in Downtown Kingman. The sign cabinet came into the possession of the late Scott Dunton, whose last name is behind the ‘D’ in the famous Mr. D’z Route 66 Diner. Dunton donated the sign to the City of Kingman before he passed earlier this year. It will be renovated to sport neon lettering with marquee…

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Lucky couples can get hitched on 66 this February

KINGMAN – The vintage Las Vegas Boulevard Cupid’s Wedding Chapel neon will be renovated into Kingman’s newest roadside landmark in February 2024. The sign will be located 200 feet west of the famous Route 66 Drive Thru Shield, directly across Route 66 from Dunton Motors Dream Machines in Downtown Kingman. The sign cabinet came into the possession of the late Scott Dunton, whose last name is behind the ‘D’ in the famous Mr. D’z Route 66 Diner. Dunton donated the sign to the City of Kingman before he passed earlier this year. It will be renovated to sport neon lettering with marquee…

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Are you beginning 2024 a little fatter?   

Dear Editor, 2024 is here and congratulations – you are here to celebrate! This is the time of the year when people are making New Year’s resolutions. Typically, the most common is to lose a few pounds.  I suspect you want to lose a couple of pounds. Maybe you need to lose a lot of pounds. Many of us do. From September 1 through December, 27 I gained 15 pounds. I know, that’s really bad. I wasn’t bad for four months but I had a few good spells of being bad. On September 1st, I weighed 198 pounds. Then on…

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