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Kingman ripe for retail business

KINGMAN – Kingman has fared very well in the business development arena while charging through the pandemic with a string of successes including Culver’s, Dutch Bros, Cal-Ranch, Harbor Freight and more. Retail recruiting consultant Rickey Hayes believes Kingman should already be home to many other “junior anchors”. “Every market your size should have a Hobby Lobby or a Michaels or some type of retailer that caters to both the home decor and the hobbies of the folks in your market,” Hayes told Kingman City council members during their Feb. 2 meeting. He said T.J. Max and Ulta Cosmetics should also…

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Some Republicans switching parties in response to Capitol riot

Members of the Republican Party in Mohave County responded to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. “The day after the Capitol incident our phones were just ringing off the hook,” said County Recorder Kristi Blair. “Some were asking to be taken off the Republican party rolls and some Republicans re-registered as independents.” Blair said the phone call blitz quickly subsided. Voter registration specialist Irma Allen said there’s an ebb and flow of activity throughout the year with people signing up to vote or changing their political affiliation. “Sometimes it goes the other way too,” Allen…

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Kingman launches small business utility assistance grant

KINGMAN – The City of Kingman Economic Development Department is releasing a utility assistance grant for small businesses that have struggled to pay water/sewer/solid waste utility fees since March 2020. The City has allocated $10,200 to this program and approved applicants will be provided with a one-time credit of $300 in utility relief assistance. Any small business that has been late with a city utility (water/sewer/solid waste) payment at least one time since March 2020 is eligible for this assistance if it reaches all criteria: ·       Brick-and-mortar business ·       Located within a commercially zoned section of the City of Kingman ·       Active City…

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Regional trade training center proposed

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave County supervisors are supporting a Mohave Community College (MCC) initiative to establish an advanced manufacturing training center in Kingman. Board approval came during Monday’s meeting to send a letter of support to Dist. 5 representative Regina Cobb, who is attempting to secure supplemental funding from the state. Dist. 1 Sup Travis Lingenfelter said the proposed center would provide training for various trades supporting local business and industry. “Not everybody in the county can have a four-year degree,” Lingenfelter said. “This training facility that the college is going for is for truck driving, for the trades and…

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County to participate in court system pilot program

MOHAVE COUNTY – The Arizona court system will become the first in the nation to implement a new digital evidence management technology later this year, with Mohave County Superior Court participating as one of six pilot courts. The platform is the Digital Evidence Center from Thomson Reuters and will be used to organize and annotate evidence presented during hearings and stored securely in the cloud. This new evidence management technology will give the Courts a more efficient and cost-effective way to manage the thousands of pieces of evidence that go through the court system every year. “The pandemic has quickly…

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County to participate in court system pilot program

MOHAVE COUNTY – The Arizona court system will become the first in the nation to implement a new digital evidence management technology later this year, with Mohave County Superior Court participating as one of six pilot courts. The platform is the Digital Evidence Center from Thomson Reuters and will be used to organize and annotate evidence presented during hearings and stored securely in the cloud. This new evidence management technology will give the Courts a more efficient and cost-effective way to manage the thousands of pieces of evidence that go through the court system every year. “The pandemic has quickly…

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