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MOHAVE COUNTY – An unprecedented number of Mohave County residents will be voting by mail in the Nov. 3 general election. The avalanche of early ballot requests has flooded the office of County Recorder Kristi Blair. “We’ve never seen anything like this,” Blair told the board of supervisors Monday. “We’ll be sending out over 80,000 mail ballots out of 128,000 voters.” While sheer volume of voting by mail presents significant challenge, Blair said other problems are anticipated due to the close proximity of the Oct. 5 voter registration deadline and start of early voting on Oct. 7. “Right now we…

The Bureau of Reclamation has selected Nick Williams to serve as the new manager for the Power Office in Interior Region 7 – Upper Colorado Basin, headquartered in Salt Lake City. Williams will oversee the operation and maintenance of hydropower facilities in four states. Key aspects to this position are making sure each facility operates efficiently, protecting structural safety and security, and ensuring full compliance with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. Williams will manage operation of the Colorado River Storage Project hydroelectric powerplants and dams—Flaming Gorge Dam in Dutch John, Utah; Blue Mesa, Morrow Point, and Crystal dams near Montrose,…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – In response to the release of recent data reflecting lower COVID-19 related cases and hospitalizations, Lake Havasu City Mayor Cal Sheehy is suspending proclamation 2020-04, requiring face coverings or masks in Lake Havasu City, effective September 28, 2020. The decision to remove Lake Havasu City’s order is based upon the significant decline of infection and hospitalization rates in Mohave County seen over the past several weeks. Mohave County met the metric on September 3, 2020 for some businesses that closed under an executive order from the Governor to reopen in a modified manner.  This past Thursday,…

MOHAVE COUNTY – Supervisor Buster Johnson noted Thursday that new COVID-19 daily case counts are trickling north again after recently reaching lows of 0 and 2, when peaking above 100 during Mohave County’s summertime surge. “Do you have any concerns with the higher number of cases coming in this week,” Johnson asked Department of Public Health Director Denise Burley during Thursday’s Board of Supervisors coronavirus management meeting. “Yes, supervisor Johnson I do,” Burley replied. She said case rise can likely be connected to citizen burnout with protective restrictions and due to increased group activity during Labor Day. “I think we…

Kingman Area Foodbank honored KINGMAN — The Kingman Chamber of Commerce accepts nominations for people and agencies that provide outstanding services to the Kingman community throughout each year, and once a year selects individuals and businesses from those nominees for the Andy award. One of our volunteers, Elizabeth “Marcella” Jackson chose to nominate the Kingman Area Foodbank. Marcella is one of about 40 volunteers who are the backbone of the Foodbanks ability to distribute food to the needy. (last year we distributed over 1.4 million lbs. of food). As one of three finalists, we were then honored and humbled to…