Category: Business News

BULLHEAD CITY – Storm-related outages affected over 5,700 Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members in Bullhead City, Fort Mohave, and Mohave Valley Monday afternoon, Sept. 23. MEC became aware of the first of the outages at 1:41 p.m. and crews immediately responded. Power to over 1,600 members was restored by 2:44 p.m. and to approximately 400 more at 3:26 p.m. As storms and high wind continued to impact the area, a probable microburst caused a pole to fall, and a power outage for an additional 3,700 members in Fort Mohave and Mohave Valley at 4:08 p.m. Power was restored safely to…

The proud papa of Kingman’s newest sculpture dubbed “The Guardian” by Jim Rowe (pictured) was delivered in predawn hours last Sunday morning. Roe, a southern California native and Arizona investor has bought numerous properties in old Kingman and was motivated to bring attention to the rehab of the 200 block of Topeka. The Guardian has more than 700 pounds of metal and was created by metal sculptor Martin Gonzalez of Dagget, CA.

MOHAVE COUNTY – Thousands of merchants throughout Mohave County will be rolling back the Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) at the end of the year. A 20-year quarter-cent sales tax increase approved by the Board of Supervisors (BOS) in 1999 will sunset on December 31 of this year. Financial Services Director Coral Loyd said the quarter-cent sales tax dedicated to capital improvement projects generated $119.2-million in the first 19.5-year period through the end of June. Loyd projects it will generate almost $4 million more, a total of $123 million, when it expires as the new year begins. The tax increment over…

MOHAVE COUNTY – The National Procurement Institute has presented Mohave County with the Achievement of Excellence in Procurement (AEP) award. Procurement Director Becky O’Brien led a presentation during the Sept. 16 Board of Supervisors meeting. “This is the 14th time that Mohave County has earned this award. The AEP award is earned by public and non-profit organizations that demonstrate excellence by attaining a high application score based on standardized criteria,” O’Brien said. “The application process is rigorous and requires comprehensive documentation in 18 categories.” O’Brien told supervisors that only 11 other organizations in Arizona and a total of 42 counties…

BULLHEAD CITY – The Bullhead City Police Department would like to notify residents of expected traffic delays on Friday, September 20 for Mohave High School’s 50th Anniversary Homecoming Parade. The parade will kick-off at 10 a.m. from the corner of Gemstone Avenue and Langford Drive and continue east on Hancock Road to the Mohave High School parking lot, east of Trane Road. The parade is expected to last approximately one hour. Portions of Hancock Road will be blocked off during this time; however, sections on Hancock Road will reopen once the parade passes through.