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MCC Dental Hygiene students help children during Backpack Buddies event

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave Community College students, staff and faculty happily helped children in the 2021 BHHS Legacy Foundation Tri-State Backpack Buddies event this week in Mohave Valley. Backpack Buddies helps provide basic essential for home, health and back to school items for children in the Arizona, California and Nevada tri-state area.  Items donated include shoes, school uniforms, and hygiene supplies. MCC Dental Program students have been participating in this event for five years, and always enjoy teaching children proper dental care. “Being able to do a community service event with the Legacy Foundation and with a school like MCC, it makes…

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Annual Grape Stomp slated

KINGMAN – Stetson Winery’s 7th Annual Grape Stomp is coming Sat & Sun, Aug 21-22. Festivities include a parade of Corvettes at 11 a.m. on Aug 21 beginning at the intersection of Painted Rock Rd and Brooks Blvd. and ending at Stetson Winery. The Grape Stomp will begin immediately after recognition of county officials. Kingman’s Best Western King’s Inn is offering its support of the Grape Stomp and festivities with the following very special discounted rates for Fri, Sat & Sun nights. Rooms with 1 King bed for 2 people @ $80 per night & rooms with two Queen beds…

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Annual Grape Stomp slated

KINGMAN – Stetson Winery’s 7th Annual Grape Stomp is coming Sat & Sun, Aug 21-22. Festivities include a parade of Corvettes at 11 a.m. on Aug 21 beginning at the intersection of Painted Rock Rd and Brooks Blvd. and ending at Stetson Winery. The Grape Stomp will begin immediately after recognition of county officials. Kingman’s Best Western King’s Inn is offering its support of the Grape Stomp and festivities with the following very special discounted rates for Fri, Sat & Sun nights. Rooms with 1 King bed for 2 people @ $80 per night & rooms with two Queen beds…

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Bahas holding pop-up hiring event Saturday, July 24

Arizona’s hometown grocer aims to fill more than 700 full-time and part-time grocery positions Bashas’ Family of Stores is holding pop-up hiring events across the state this Saturday, July 24, from  9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at every one of its 114 grocery stores in Arizona and at its distribution center in Chandler. On this day during this time, every individual location will have a welcome table with signage and a table for on-the-spot interviews so that managers can hire job applicants immediately.   On Saturday, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., job applicants are encouraged to visit the location where…

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Epcor takeover advancing

BULLHEAD CITY – The Bullhead City council has approved a staff recommendation to seek $90 million in bond financing to move forward with a court approved condemnation of the local assets of the Epcor water company. Tuesday’s vote was unanimous. “This is one of those landmark votes of the city council,” said city manager Toby Cotter. “This is one of the most important steps in the process of acquiring the Epcor water system.” A trial jury early next year will determine the specific amount Bullhead City must reimburse the company for the hostile takeover. The city has argued in favor…

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MEC members without power along Colorado River

BULLHEAD CITY  – On Tuesday, July 15, at 7:33 a.m., 542 Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members experienced an outage due to a damaged connector after strong stormy winds. Crews responded by de-energizing the line to make repairs. Once repairs were completed, the line was re-energized, and power was restored to all members at 9:53 a.m. The outage affected members north of Marina Blvd. and south of Church Street of Bullhead City. Manager of Engineering & Operations, Jerry Hardy stated, “Monsoon season has begun, and wind can be one of the largest effects on our system. When trees, awnings, or other…

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