Category: Business News

KINGMAN – The City of Kingman will soon be releasing applications for a grant that local downtown businesses can apply for to improve the facades of their historic buildings. Get a jump on the process by attending this workshop and learning how to go about it. The Small Business Association (SBDC) will host a free workshop Thursday, Aug. 15 from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Kingman Powerhouse Visitor’s Center, 120 W. Andy Devine Ave. The workshop will cover creating a vibrant and walkable downtown, and learning what it will take to evaluate and decide your course of action to…

The Mohave Community College Information Technology Department recently received a 2019 Campus Technology Impact Award.  Submissions for the five categories and 12 awards came in from colleges and universities around the world, according to the higher education online magazineCampus Technology. Mohave Community College and Indiana University were selected winners in the category IT Infrastructure and Systems.   MCC was honored for its online disaster recovery systems upgrades that we first told you about last year, when the college had the honor of holding a breakout session at the VMWorld 2018 Convention in Las Vegas. The college has been able cut down online disaster recovery times from…

KINGMAN – Management of the Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District (NACFD) is transitioning to the management team of City of Kingman Fire Department Chief Jake Rhoades. An intergovernmental agreement detailing the arrangement was approved August 6 by the Kingman Council, following previous approval of the NACFD governing board. Rhoades said consolidated management should improve public safety, training, resource sharing and joint response performance. “It’s going to strengthen our service strategy in the region,” said Mayor Jen Miles. She noted that the agreement will have the Kingman Fire Department more involved in serving Kingman High School and the Kingman Airport and…

Mohave Community College Student Christina Henslee was just selected as a 2019 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholar. Henslee is one of just 207 Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Honor Society members across America named as a Promise Scholar and she will receive a $1,000 scholarship. The MCC science major received the award because of her academic excellence and campus leadership roles.  She is president of the Bullhead City campus Student Activities Council and Vice President of the campus PTK Honor Society. Henslee was shocked when the national honor society informed her that she is a Coca-Cola Promise Scholar. “My family and…

GOLDEN SHORES – A vehicle collision involving a utility pole left 1,681 Mohave Electric Cooperative members in the Golden Shores area without power for about three hours early Tuesday morning. MEC became aware of the outage at 1:40 a.m. and crews were immediately dispatched to the scene and restored power at 4:36 a.m. Members wishing to receive outage alerts for their residence from MEC can create a SmartHub account by visiting the MEC website mohaveelectric.com. When signed in, select “Notifications,” “Manage Notifications,” and then “Service” to set up email or text message alerts. When members are experiencing an outage, they can see a…

MOHAVE COUNTY – District 4 Mohave County Supervisor Jean Bishop seeks re-election next year to serve one more term before ending well more than three decades of public service. Bishop began working as a sheriff’s deputy in 1986 before transitioning to Constable, then supervisor since June 2014. Bishop said her varied experience in law enforcement and government provides a good base for her role as supervisor. “That’s just it. I’ve got a good foundation,” Bishop said. “It’s just natural that I want to serve the people because that’s what I’ve done my entire career. I want to continue serving the…