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KINGMAN – The City of Kingman is notifying

Mohave Electric announces classroom grant winners

BULLHEAD CITY – Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) awarded eighteen

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KINGMAN – The City of Kingman is notifying

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KINGMAN – A National Day of Prayer event

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KINGMAN – Transporting illegal drugs into Mohave County

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Kingman mayor speaks on COVID-19 crisis

 Kingman Mayor Jen Miles has handled a number of difficult and sometimes contentious issues during her time in office. Helping manage the current COVID-19 crisis, however, is a brand new beast.   “This is a different type of challenge and probably the biggest challenge of my service as mayor and as a public official and probably anyone in similar positions would say that,” Miles said. “The difference right now for me personally serving as mayor is connectivity, increased connectivity with as many people as I can speak with and communicate with to keep people informed daily.”   Miles said it is important…

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Farmer’s Market cancelled

BULLHEAD CITY – The City of Bullhead City has canceled the last Farmer’s Market of the season scheduled for Saturday, May 2. “It is in the best interest of the community to cancel the last Farmer’s Market of the year due to COVID-19,” City Manager Toby Cotter said. “We had approximately 5,000 people at the February event. It is a highly attended event.” The Farmer’s Market will be closed June-September and re-open for its next season on Saturday, October 3 at Community Park. “Bonnie and her volunteers, along with the city recreation staff, have put together one of the best…

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63rd virus case confirmed this evening

Latest is in 45-54 age range MOHAVE COUNTY, AZ (April 21, 2020) – The Mohave County Health Department MCDPH-Nursing staff was notified tonight of a positive COVID-19 case in the Lake Havasu City service area. The latest person is in the 45-54 year old age range and is in isolation and recovering at home. The MCPHD staff will soon be initiating the contact investigation and until this investigation is conducted, it is unknown at this time if the case is travel-related or epidemiologically-linked to another confirmed case. There are now 24 positive confirmed cases in the Lake Havasu City area, including…

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Armstrong out of Supervisor race

Winner of Bishop-Andrews primary will face Ehrhardt in November general election MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jean Bishop will have opponents in the primary and general election after winning only one of the three lawsuits that alleged her prospective challengers failed to qualify for the August 4 primary ballot. Bishop filed three legal actions challenging the current election cycle candidacies of republicans Rick Armstong and William Andrews, and democrat Jack Ehrhardt. In each case, Bishop argued her prospective opponents failed to collect the minimum number of valid signatures on nominating petitions to qualify their campaigns. The…

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Two more COVID-19 cases today, bringing total to 59 for Mohave County

MOHAVE COUNTY, AZ (April 20, 2020) – The Mohave County Health Department MCDPH-Nursing staff was notified this afternoon of two more positive COVID-19 cases. (Despite the similarities, these are two different cases.)  Both are in the Kingman service area and both are in the 65+ age range.  However, the first case is hospitalized out-of state and the second case is in isolation, and recovering in a home also out-of-state.  The two cases are unrelated and both have permanent addresses in Mohave County.  No contacts have been identified within Mohave County. Based on information provided by the patients, both cases are travel-related. Please note that…

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