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Potholing to begin in downtown Kingman

KINGMAN – Safe Site will be in the downtown area over the next two weeks to conduct pothole investigations that will greatly assist the city in the design to mitigate utility conflicts once construction starts on the Downtown Sewer Outfall Relocation Project. The potholing will take place on Route 66/Andy Devine Ave., 1st and 2nd Streets (both sides of the railroad), Topeka St., and Old Trails Road. Work crews can be expected to start early next week and should continue for approximately two weeks. Traffic control at the locations will be changing daily, so the city is reminding the traveling public to…

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Rate hike likely for sanitation services

KINGMAN – Kingman residents are highly satisfied with city sanitation service and many support a rate increase to maintain twice weekly pickup. Those were some of the results of a sanitation service survey that Public Works Director Rob Owen recently shared with the city council. Owen said he was surprised and pleased that 1,966 of the program’s 11,800 residential customers responded to the survey. He said nearly 1,700 said they are highly satisfied with city sanitation service and personnel. “We’re really proud of them and the customers seem to appreciate the work that they do. The survey option of bumping…

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Rate hike likely for sanitation services

KINGMAN – Kingman residents are highly satisfied with city sanitation service and many support a rate increase to maintain twice weekly pickup. Those were some of the results of a sanitation service survey that Public Works Director Rob Owen recently shared with the city council. Owen said he was surprised and pleased that 1,966 of the program’s 11,800 residential customers responded to the survey. He said nearly 1,700 said they are highly satisfied with city sanitation service and personnel. “We’re really proud of them and the customers seem to appreciate the work that they do. The survey option of bumping…

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Law firm setting sights on making simple pot cases go away

A prominent local attorney is positioning his law firm and staff to help people clear their criminal history of marijuana convictions that might block personal pathways to educational, professional and other opportunities. Brad Rideout said Lake Havasu City-based Rideout Law wants to help people busted in simple possession cases to expunge marijuana convictions from their legal records. The expungement mechanism is one provision of Prop. 207, the Nov. 3 general election approved ballot measure that legalizes use of marijuana in Arizona. Rideout said his firm his currently screening cases to prepare them for Court once the expungement filing window opens…

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Law firm setting sights on making simple pot cases go away

A prominent local attorney is positioning his law firm and staff to help people clear their criminal history of marijuana convictions that might block personal pathways to educational, professional and other opportunities. Brad Rideout said Lake Havasu City-based Rideout Law wants to help people busted in simple possession cases to expunge marijuana convictions from their legal records. The expungement mechanism is one provision of Prop. 207, the Nov. 3 general election approved ballot measure that legalizes use of marijuana in Arizona. Rideout said his firm his currently screening cases to prepare them for Court once the expungement filing window opens…

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New interpreter needed for sushi grill assault case

KINGMAN – Involved attorneys and the Court agree that another interpreter must be found to communicate with the man being prosecuted for assaulting co-workers with hot cooking oil at the Sakura Sushi & Grill in Kingman. Public Defender Paul Amann asserts that his client, Kien Yun Wong, 70, does not understand and is confused by legal proceedings. Amann, during a Jan. 6 status hearing in Mohave County Superior Court, said the interpreter translating English to Mandarin is ineffective because Wong instead speaks “Fukienese”, a dialect from his hometown of Fuzhou in China. “This has been a very frustrating experience, not only…

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