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KINGMAN – The new year will be an exciting one for drivers who use US 93 between the Phoenix area and Kingman as the Arizona Department of Transportation advances one major project to increase capacity and starts another. A current US 93 widening project near Wickenburg is at 50% completion. And by summer, one of the largest US 93 improvement projects in recent years will kick off in west Kingman as work starts to construct an interchange that will provide a free-flowing connection between US 93 and Interstate 40. These US 93 projects are among many projects ADOT plans to…

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave County is expected to receive approximately $812,740 in FY2024 Federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the Arizona Department of Housing Regional Account (RA). Mohave County also intends to apply for $500,000 in FY2024 and FY2025 competitive CDBG funds from the State Special Project (SSP) account. CDBG funds must be used to benefit low-income persons and areas, alleviate slum and blight or address urgent need. A public hearing will be held Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. in the Saguaro Conference Room at the Mohave County Administration Building, 700 West Beale Street in Kingman to gather citizen…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – The person of the hour of last week’s Lake Havasu City Council meeting was twelve year old Bliss Fiala. Last month Fiala heard someone calling for help.   That someone turned out to be 77-year-old Patti Gant who had fallen down days prior in her garage floor and was not able to move. Fiala got her grandmother Linda Kalk and returned to Gant by climbing a fence and located an injured Gant. At the meeting, the young girl was rewarded with a Good Samaritan Award and certificate presented by Police Chief Troy Sterling and Fire Chief Peter Pilafas. …

The Biden-Harris administration has announced agreements with several California water agencies to conserve up to 643,000 acre-feet of water in Lake Mead through 2025. The agreements include approximately $295 million in new investments from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, which will fund projects for water conservation, water efficiency, and protection of critical environmental resources in the Colorado River System. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton joined federal, Tribal and state leaders in Nevada today to announce the execution of new water conservation agreements, including an agreement with the Coachella Valley Water District to save up to 105,000 acre-feet…