Category: Business News

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave County Manager Sam Elters is turning back the clock for a short-term solution to the pending exit of Development Services Director Tim Walsh. Elters said Nic Hont has agreed to come out of retirement to work his old job on an interim basis. Hont will start on April 15 and enjoy an overlapping three day transition with Walsh whose final day with the county will be April 17. Walsh starts his new job as Kingman City Manager on April 22. Elters said Hont intends to hold down the fort until the county hires a new Development Services…

KINGMAN – The State Transportation Board has awarded a $106 million construction project to build a free-flowing traffic interchange for Interstate 40 and US 93 in Kingman. With the contract awarded to Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. during the board’s meeting on Friday, March 15, construction is expected to begin this summer and take two and a half years. The interchange in west Kingman is designed to reduce congestion on the highly traveled route between Phoenix and Las Vegas while improving safety, travel times and reliability. While vehicles now must stop at a traffic signal where Beale Street intersects with…

KINGMAN – On Tuesday, March 12 the Hospital District One of Mohave County met. The meeting was rescheduled from the regularly scheduled meeting date of March 5. In a 3-2 vote, Chair Penny Holden retained her seat with board members Dan Valentine and Dr. Carol Newmyer voting to remove her as chair. The motion was made by Newmyer and seconded by Valentine. After the vote, Holden stated Newmyer and Valentine have abused their oath of office due to voting no on the budget and various other items. “I don’t see that anything that you’re bringing positive to the board other…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A zoning classification and district motion was passed for the 30 acres at 2205 Victoria Farms Road from Light Industrial (LIP) at the last Lake Havasu City Council meeting. The LIP zoning that is currently over the property does not allow development outside of the planned and approved development plan. This is the reasoning behind the applicant’s request to rezone the property for industrial future use. The board passed a motion for replacement vehicles purchase for 2024 cabs with a cranes for SanTan Auto Partners for $301.727.  It’s roadway maintenance time for Beachcomber and McCulloch. The city…

BULLHEAD CITY – The Bullhead City Police Department was awarded grant funding from the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (AZ GOHS) for the purchase of 10 additional portable breath testing devices. The CMI Inc. Intoxilyzer 800 devices were acquired with grant funds awarded by AZ GOHS to further the Bullhead City Police Department’s efforts in detecting impaired drivers and removing them from our roadways. “This recent award from GOHS allows us to replace some of our older devices and to put new devices in the hands of more of our department members,” said Bullhead City Police Department Traffic Sergeant…

KINGMAN – Newly hired Kingman City Manager Tim Walsh is proud to have the opportunity to make better the community in which he was born and raised. The Mohave County Development Services Director who topped a field of more than 40 applicants will take the reigns of city government when he starts his new job April 22. “It’s a great honor to fill this role, and the trust that the city has put in me I don’t take lightly,” Walsh said. “Definitely there are challenges ahead and it’ll take a little bit of time to address them, but I’m excited…