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Mohave Community College has chosen Dr. Kirk Lacy to serve as the new Dean of Workforce and Partnership Development.  “We’re excited to have Dr. Lacy join our team,” said MCC President Dr. Stacy Klippenstein.  “His extensive background in regional and statewide workforce initiatives, supervising career and technical education, managing large grants, and organizing community education programs will offer MCC the opportunity to enhance our regional partnerships and overall workforce training to better serve Mohave County.”  Dr. Lacy’s professional background includes more than 20 years of higher education administrative leadership experiences in leading workforce development, credit & non-credit career & technical education programs,…

MOHAVE COUNTY – Dist. 2 Sup. Hildy Angius is challenging meeting rules that Dist. 3 Sup. Buster Johnson imposed when he began his year-long run as Chairman of the Mohave County Board on Jan. 4. Angius is asking  supervisors next week to overturn Johnson’s decision to move the Call to the Public to the end of board meetings. Johnson said he moved the public input vehicle to the end of the meetings because he believes the Board meets to conduct county business. He said others involved in that business should not have to hear extended public comment sessions that sometimes take the…

Dot Foods, Inc., the largest food industry redistributor in North America, has partnered with the Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA) to identify and donate food to disaster relief agencies across the U.S.  Since mid-March, Dot has donated more than $10 million worth of food.  While Dot immediately began donating to local agencies when COVID hit, it had more product available than the local food banks and pantries surrounding its 12 U.S. distribution centers could take.  So, Dot turned to FEMA. “The relationship with FEMA has given us an opening to work with large national agencies that are in the forefront of disaster…