Category: Business News

PHOENIX – The Arizona Department of Water Resources has recommended that the Secretary of the Interior approve a partial transfer of GSC Farm, LLC’s fourth priority Colorado River water entitlement to the Town of Queen Creek from farmland in the Cibola area of La Paz County. In a letter dated September 4, 2020, ADWR Director Tom Buschatzke recommended approval of a transfer of 1,078.1 acre-feet per year. Director Buschatzke based the decision to approve only a part of GSC’s requested 2,083.1 acre-feet per year on the need to retain water to serve future housing development on the property without negatively…

BULLHEAD CITY- Sudden strong wind gusts in northwest Arizona resulted in scattered outages throughout the Mohave Electric Cooperative service area this week. MEC crews were battling the elements to restore power to affected areas. According to the National Weather Service website, storms were expected to produce local, strong wind gusts reaching up to 60mph. MEC received reports of around 10 outages affecting approximately 3,000 members scattered throughout our east and west service areas. The first reported power outage took place Tuesday at 8:15 A.M. and power was restored to all members by 8:23 P.M., last night. One of the outages,…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Lake Havasu City Manager Jess Knudson is being directed to engage in some self-improvement activity following marathon deliberations by the city council. Knudson told a local newspaper weeks ago that he was embarrassed by what he called his own misbehavior featured in a You Tube video showing him in drinking environments with a young woman who briefly worked for the city. The council met in executive session last month and for more than six hours twice this week before Mayor Cal Sheehy made an announcement at about 9:30 p.m. Thursday. “The council has met in several…

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mosquito surveillance conducted this week in Mohave Valley by the Mohave County Environmental Health Division (MCEHD) revealed the following locations that met the protocol to conduct fogging.  (The MCEHD uses the CDC’s recommended matrix as a guide of when to fog.) FOGGING: Adult mosquito control application will begin on Friday evening September 11 around 8:00 pm, weather permitting. Baron Pest Control was awarded the contract to provide fogging services within Mohave County and will be conducting the ground fogging application. Areas in Mohave Valley to fog include: ·       South of Courtwright Rd to Cheyenne Drive and east and…

MOHAVE COUNTY – The Mohave County Health Department (MCDPH) Nursing staff has been notified of 10 new confirmed COVID-19 cases reported today. There was also one new death reported. The death comes from a previously reported case, an 80-89 person in the Kingman service area. Of the 10 new confirmed cases, 6 are in the Bullhead City service area. Two are in the Kingman service area. There are also 2 cases in the Lake Havasu City service area. Of the 6 Bullhead City area cases, 5 remain under investigation. Two of those are 40-49 and three are 60-69. The final…

GRAND CANYON – On September 4, in cooperation with the InterTribal Buffalo Council, Kaibab National Forest, and Arizona Game and Fish Department, National Park Service (NPS) staff successfully relocated 57 bison from the North Rim. All bison were transferred to the InterTribal Buffalo Council, who successfully transported them to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (Kans.), Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe (S. Dak.), Santee Sioux Tribe (Nebr.), and Modoc Nation (Okla.). Eleven additional bison were outfitted with tracking collars and released during the corralling process. The collaring was conducted in partnership with the U.S. Geological Service in order for park wildlife biologists…