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Central at Southern closed today

KINGMAN – A contractor will be closing Central Avenue at Southern Ave., to complete a sewer line installation on Central Ave. Additionally they will be completing the water line connection in Southern Ave. which will require full flagging operations. The closure and restrictions began this morning, January 6 at 6:00 a.m. and go through Friday, January 10 at 6:00 p.m. Up-to-date street closures and restrictions can be found on the City of Kingman’s engineering website page of Geographic Information Systems (Interactive Maps): https://www.cityofkingman.gov/government/departments/engineering/gis

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Mayor to shred ribbon with McCulloch chainsaw at memorial dedication

LAKE HAVASU CITY – The public is invited to a January 11th Memorial Lighthouse dedication in Lake Havasu City that will honor chainsaw mogul and engineering entrepreneurs Robert P. McCulloch and Cornelius Vanderbilt “CV” Wood. They are credited as founders of Lake Havasu City and for relocating the famed London Bridge from Europe to Arizona. Other achievements include McCulloch’s aircraft designs and Wood’s early design involvement with Disneyland.  McCulloch and Wood family representatives agree, Robert and Cornelius would be proud of the success their vision of a city in the desert continues to achieve. Mayor Cal Sheehy, along with local…

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Bullhead City roadwork update

BULLHEAD CITY – The City of Bullhead City Public Works Department has the following projects going on in addition to regular work around our city during the week of January 6: ·            City crews will be performing city wide sewer cleaning in various neighborhoods. ·            City crews will be performing city wide sewer video inspection. ·            City crews will be performing city wide street sweeping in various neighborhoods. ·            City crews will be performing city wide traffic and street light maintenance and repairs in various locations throughout the city. ·            City crews will be performing weed abatement city wide, this will consist of mechanical control…

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Bullhead City roadwork update

BULLHEAD CITY – The City of Bullhead City Public Works Department has the following projects going on in addition to regular work around our city during the week of January 6: ·            City crews will be performing city wide sewer cleaning in various neighborhoods. ·            City crews will be performing city wide sewer video inspection. ·            City crews will be performing city wide street sweeping in various neighborhoods. ·            City crews will be performing city wide traffic and street light maintenance and repairs in various locations throughout the city. ·            City crews will be performing weed abatement city wide, this will consist of mechanical control…

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Candidate packets available for Lake Havasu City elections

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Packets containing information, forms, documents and petitions necessary for a Lake Havasu City resident to run for City Council in the Fall Election are available, starting on Monday, January 6. Three Councilmember seats are on the ballot for the Fall Primary Election on August 4. Those seats are currently held by Councilmembers Gordon Groat, Donna McCoy, and Vice-Mayor David Lane. Prospective candidates can pick up packets directly from the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall anytime during regular office hours.  Candidates must be 18 years of age or older at the time of filing nomination papers,…

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Young enters guilty plea in theft from Yucca Fire District

Superior Court. Matthew Young, 40, pleaded guilty to theft on Thursday in Kingman. Prosecutor James Schoppmann said Young turned himself in at the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office lobby on July 24, 2019. Schoppmann told Court Commissioner Doug Camacho that Young readily admitted his involvement in converting Yucca Fire District funds to personal use. Schoppmann said Young initially had Governing Board permission to use a fire district account to award himself some back pay. Schoppmann said that Young indicated he was unable to stop stealing by moving public money to various fire district accounts while continuing to make unauthorized incremental payments…

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