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2019 Mohave County Sheriff’s K9 Car and Bike Show

MOHAVE COUNTY – More than 75 classic and custom vehicles, and hundreds of spectators from around the tri-state area converged on the K9 Car and Bike Show this month. This premiere K9 car and bike show, a favorite for local car enthusiasts, was held Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020, at CoVeu Drinkery and Eatery, 2247 Clearwater Drive, Bullhead City, Ariz. All proceeds from the car show benefit the Mohave County Sheriff’s K9 Foundation and will be utilized to support the MCSO K9 Program. The MCSO K9 Program receives no funding from the State of Arizona, Mohave County Government and/or the Sheriff’s…

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Arizona Furniture donated chair to GVFD Station #11

GOLDEN VALLEY – (from left) Golden Valley Fire District Battalion Chief David Martin, Fire Chief David Cunningham, Firefighter-Engineer Jimmy Childers, Arizona Furniture Manager Bruce Reid, Pay-On-Call Firefighter-EMT Keazan Smith, Arizona Furniture Owner Joe Kaelin, and Arizona Furniture employee Theresa Burns, stand behind GVFD Captain Boyd Lewis sitting in the new “captain’s” chair at GVFD Station #11, along with the young-new-volunteer firefighter Tyler Reid. Kaelin donated the lounge chair from his company Arizona Furniture located at Andy Devine and Castlerock Road in Kingman. Kaelin stated that he wanted to show his appreciation to the first responders in Golden Valley for their…

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Arizona Furniture donated chair to GVFD Station #11

GOLDEN VALLEY – (from left) Golden Valley Fire District Battalion Chief David Martin, Fire Chief David Cunningham, Firefighter-Engineer Jimmy Childers, Arizona Furniture Manager Bruce Reid, Pay-On-Call Firefighter-EMT Keazan Smith, Arizona Furniture Owner Joe Kaelin, and Arizona Furniture employee Theresa Burns, stand behind GVFD Captain Boyd Lewis sitting in the new “captain’s” chair at GVFD Station #11, along with the young-new-volunteer firefighter Tyler Reid. Kaelin donated the lounge chair from his company Arizona Furniture located at Andy Devine and Castlerock Road in Kingman. Kaelin stated that he wanted to show his appreciation to the first responders in Golden Valley for their…

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GVFD seeks board member

GOLDEN VALLEY – The Golden Valley Fire District Board of Directors is seeking a qualified applicant to fill a vacancy on the Fire Board.  Interim Board Member term will be from the date of appointment until December 1, 2022. Applicants must be registered to vote and be residents within the Golden Valley Fire District Boundaries.  Interested parties should submit a letter of interest to the Board of Directors.  The deadline for all applications is March 13, 2020.  At the regular scheduled board meeting on March 25, 2020 the Board may go into executive session to conduct an interview process. Please…

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Statewide Nevada gaming up; Laughlin holding its own

The Nevada Gaming Control Board has posted numbers for the final month of 2019. And the statewide gaming gain was much better than a smaller increase enjoyed by casinos along the Colorado River in Laughlin. Laughlin clubs earned a December gaming win of about $33 million, up 1.1% from the same month in 2018. A statewide gaming win just above $1-  in December represented a gain of almost 6% from the same month the previous year.

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USDA invests $1.6 million in Wecom’s broadband project

GOLDEN VALLEY – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Arizona State Director Jack R. Smith has announced USDA has invested $1.6 million in Wecom’s high-speed broadband infrastructure project. “Through USDA’s ReConnect Program, more than 1,400 Arizonians living in rural communities will get access to the latest broadband technology that will connect them to opportunities in education, health care and economic development…” Smith said. Wecom Inc. will use a $1.6 million ReConnect Pilot Program grant and matching funds investment to construct a Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and hybrid Fiber-to-the-Node (FTTN) fixed wireless system that is expected to connect 1,492 households in…

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