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Bullhead City to require masks at business locations/other closures announced

BULLHEAD CITY – Bullhead City Mayor Tom Brady issued a proclamation yesterday requiring face coverings at business locations open to the public. Anyone entering a Bullhead City business must wear a cloth covering over their face and nose effective 1 a.m. on July 1. All Bullhead City businesses are required to enforce the face covering requirement. City staff will educate the public and businesses as needed. The full text of the Mayor’s proclamation can be found on the City’s website by clicking on the COVID-19 link on the top of the main page. Governor Doug Ducey also shut down all…

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Hendrix retires after 36-year run

Retiring Mohave County Manager Mike Hendrix wishes peace and happiness for all as his 36-year career ends in retirement. The longtime Kingman resident said it’s odd to exit local government when COVID-19 and racial unrest surges across America. “You know what I’d like to see for the community is that we continue to embrace each other. This is such a fantastic community,” Hendrix said. “Look at what’s happening throughout the rest of the country. There’s so much hate and so much division and we don’t really have that here. We have people who will be in their car and will…

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Drowning victim recovered from Lake Havasu

LAKE HAVASU CITY – The body of a man who went missing over the weekend was recovered from Lake Havasu Monday. That a man disappeared in the water near Thompson Bay was reported to the Mohave County Sheriff’s office at about 4:07 p.m. Sunday. Search and dive operations that were unsuccessful Sunday resumed early Monday. “At approximately 10:22 a.m., divers located the male subject deceased in approximately 21-feet of water,’’ said sheriff’s office spokeswoman Anita Mortensen. “The male victim has been identified as Gary Elliott Welmer, 67, of Lake Havasu City.” Mortensen had no information regarding how Welmer came to be…

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Kingman budget adopted

KINGMAN – Final adoption of a budget totaling more than $222 million occurred during a special Kingman City Council meeting Tuesday. Finance Director Tina Moline told Council members that the spending plan that normally allocates about $1 million to the contingency fund is set at $2.55-million in fiscal 2021. Moline said that will enable a larger payment on public safety retirement fund debt, provided contingency monies are not drained by uncertainty associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. She said staff is confident that the spending plan has sufficient carry-forward money. “At the end of fiscal 2021 we’re expected to have just…

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Kingman businesses fund local COVID-19 study

KINGMAN – Thanks to generous donations from locally-owned businesses― Preston Investments and Peterson Burge Enterprises― along with individual donations from community members, Kingman Regional Medical Center (KRMC) will conduct a local epidemiologic study of COVID-19 later this summer.  The study will involve several thousand community members who volunteer to participate in the effort. They will be given free antibody testing to determine if they previously had COVID-19. They will also be asked to complete a detailed questionnaire about their exposure history. Dr. John Ashurst, Medical Director of KRMC’s Graduate Medical Education Department and Program Director of the Emergency Medicine Residency…

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Kingman businesses fund local COVID-19 study

KINGMAN – Thanks to generous donations from locally-owned businesses― Preston Investments and Peterson Burge Enterprises― along with individual donations from community members, Kingman Regional Medical Center (KRMC) will conduct a local epidemiologic study of COVID-19 later this summer.  The study will involve several thousand community members who volunteer to participate in the effort. They will be given free antibody testing to determine if they previously had COVID-19. They will also be asked to complete a detailed questionnaire about their exposure history. Dr. John Ashurst, Medical Director of KRMC’s Graduate Medical Education Department and Program Director of the Emergency Medicine Residency…

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