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KINGMAN – A proposal to split the Northern Arizona Fire District (NAFD) was snuffed at Monday’s Mohave County Board of Supervisors meeting. The board voted to deny an impact statement, effectively stopping the process and a request by proponents to gather petition signatures to seek voter approval of carving Valle Vista, Hackberry and Valentine out of the NAFD. While board members acknowledged support for letting the people decide the proposition at the ballot box, supervisors also said they have a duty as well in evaluating whether the split is financially viable and in the best interest of the residents of the newly…

KINGMAN – A proposal to split the Northern Arizona Fire District (NAFD) was snuffed at Monday’s Mohave County Board of Supervisors meeting. The board voted to deny an impact statement, effectively stopping the process and a request by proponents to gather petition signatures to seek voter approval of carving Valle Vista, Hackberry and Valentine out of the NAFD. While board members acknowledged support for letting the people decide the proposition at the ballot box, supervisors also said they have a duty as well in evaluating whether the split is financially viable and in the best interest of the residents of the newly…

The effort to transition the Mohave County Fairgrounds 70-acre campus in Kingman away from an operations lease with the Fair Association to a county-administered property will be detailed during Monday’s Board of Supervisors meeting. Public Works Director Steve Latoski will brief the board as work continues to bring the operation in-house, under the Parks Department, when the New Year begins. “Mohave County Parks is best suited to take on the management and operations,” Latoski wrote in backup material for the board meeting. “We are a team of qualified parks and recreation professionals who have extensive experience and knowledge in all…