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MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave County supervisors took no action before adjourning Tuesday’s special board meeting within a few minutes of its start. Future operation of the animal shelter in downtown Kingman was the only issue before the board. The board voted June 3 to transition the shelter to a county-run facility because the current contract operator, the Lake Havasu City-based Western Arizona Humane Society (WAHS), previously indicated it did not want its contract extended beyond June 30 and no other providers indicated interest in overseeing the shelter. WAHS, however, subsequently expressed interest in running the shelter if the Board of…

KINGMAN – A power outage disrupted some government operations in downtown Kingman Tuesday. The Mohave County Courthouse, a number of county offices and Kingman City Hall lost power at 2:25 p.m. The county administration facility was minimally impacted because Information Technology Director Nathan McDaniel said the phone and computer systems have backup power capability so employees can keep working during a service interruption. Local Unisource Energy Electrical operations director Lynne Petersen said the outage impacted about 480 customers, but that most had service restored by shortly after 3:00 p.m. She said switching efforts by technicians helped bring most customers back…

Three members of the Mohave County Attorney’s Office were recognized for professional achievement at the Arizona Prosecuting Attorney’s Advisory Council’s (APAAC) annual conference in Tucson last week. County attorney Matt Smith said the trio of deputy county attorney’s is very deserving.  “Deborah Herbert won juvenile prosecutor of the year for the entire state of Arizona. Jaimye Ashley won the rising star award which is a fairly new award that’s just been around for a few years,” Smith said. “Bob Moon was recognized for a lifetime of outstanding achievement in the legal field.”  Smith’s chief deputy, James Schoppmann nominated each staff…