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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

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Scam artists apprehended in Starbucks parking lot

KINGMAN – An alleged scam artist was arrested

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Women Making History announces awards date

KINGMAN – The Women Making History executive committee is pleased to announce the celebration date for 2024.  The ceremony has been scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 3, 2024, at St. John’s United Methodist Church located at 1730 Kino Ave.  This will be the 40thyear to honor outstanding women in the Mohave County area.  The theme this year is Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. As in the past, the award ceremony will honor those who have exhibited leadership, professionalism and integrity in the many fields for nominations.  In Kingman and the surrounding area nominations are accepted in…

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Gingerbread houses bring in funds for two nonprofits

LAKE HAVASU CITY – McCulloch Boulevard was filled with the aromas of gingerbread during a Gingerbread House Contest last week. Local tax accountant Carol Coleman along with Scoops Ice Cream owner Jan Susak teamed up to make this competition happen. This was the first gingerbread house contest in Lake Havasu.   Participants could either build their own house or use gingerbread starter kits.  From December 11 through 15, participants delivered their uniquely designed gingerbread houses to the ice cream parlor.  Houses have been on display ever since for the season.   As long as the decorative additions were edible, anything went design-wise for the sweet…

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Gingerbread houses bring in funds for two nonprofits

LAKE HAVASU CITY – McCulloch Boulevard was filled with the aromas of gingerbread during a Gingerbread House Contest last week. Local tax accountant Carol Coleman along with Scoops Ice Cream owner Jan Susak teamed up to make this competition happen. This was the first gingerbread house contest in Lake Havasu.   Participants could either build their own house or use gingerbread starter kits.  From December 11 through 15, participants delivered their uniquely designed gingerbread houses to the ice cream parlor.  Houses have been on display ever since for the season.   As long as the decorative additions were edible, anything went design-wise for the sweet…

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Homeless people who died on US streets are increasingly remembered at winter solstice gatherings

PHOENIX (AP) – With his gap-tooth smile, hip-hop routines and volunteer work for a food charity, Roosevelt White III was well known in the downtown Phoenix tent city known as “The Zone.” But like many homeless people, White suffered from diabetes and cardiovascular disease. He died unexpectedly one sweltering September day at age 36. Thousands of people like White who died this year without a permanent home are being memorialized on Thursday in communities from Cape Cod, Massachusetts to La Crosse, Wisconsin, to Riverside, California. Established in 1990, the increasingly popular Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day is observed with prayers, candles,…

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Homeless people who died on US streets are increasingly remembered at winter solstice gatherings

PHOENIX (AP) – With his gap-tooth smile, hip-hop routines and volunteer work for a food charity, Roosevelt White III was well known in the downtown Phoenix tent city known as “The Zone.” But like many homeless people, White suffered from diabetes and cardiovascular disease. He died unexpectedly one sweltering September day at age 36. Thousands of people like White who died this year without a permanent home are being memorialized on Thursday in communities from Cape Cod, Massachusetts to La Crosse, Wisconsin, to Riverside, California. Established in 1990, the increasingly popular Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day is observed with prayers, candles,…

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Eight students selected as All-Arizona Academic Team members 

MOHAVE COUNTY – Eight Mohave Community College students have been selected as the 2024 All-Arizona Academic Team. The College would like to congratulate Tenny McWilliams (Bullhead City Campus); Jennifer Schaefle (Bullhead City Campus); Samantha Covey (Bullhead City Campus); Kevin Gauthun (Lake Havasu Campus); Ashley Teodosio (Lake Havasu Campus); Fiona Pedi (Kingman Campus); Mandie Price (Kingman Campus) and Alisa Hammon (North Mohave Campus).   McWilliams is not only a student, but an MCC employee as well. She is the Student Success Coach on the Bullhead Campus. In 2022, she won the MCC Ellen Licari Service to Students Award for going above…

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