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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…

More than a half dozen citizens condemned a Planning and Zoning Commission member Monday for what they called “xenophobic and racist’’ social media posts about illegal immigration. They appeared during the County Board of Supervisors meeting requesting that Lajuana Gillette be sanctioned for the comments they found troubling. Kingman resident J’aime Morgaine read into the record what she said Gillette posted: “We have a country that is turning brown which means that in no time at all white people will be in the minority whether it be because of interracial marriages or illegals coming across the border. The United States…

Capital One announced a massive data breach on Monday, July 29, reporting a hacker accessed the information of over 100 million Americans who have applied for credit cards, since 2005, which contained consumers’ personal information including names, addresses, zip codes, email addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth. Capital One has said it has since fixed the vulnerability in its system and apprehended the hacker responsible for the breach. However, there are still a few steps Better Business Bureau (BBB) recommends consumers take that are concerned their credit or debit cards may have been compromised by the breach. “Each time we…

Kingman – Twenty-five years after assuming responsibilities for oversight of KRMC and its associated healthcare entities, Brian Turney, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kingman Healthcare, Inc. (KHI) has announced his plans to retire in the latter half of 2020. The KHI Board will begin a national search for Turney’s replacement later this month and hopes to complete the selection process by the spring of 2020. Dependent on the candidate selected, a transition timeline will then be developed to ensure a smooth succession. In an industry where CEO turnover is quite common, Turney has been in his position longer…

The recent earthquakes that rattled Southern California and parts of Nevada didn’t damage Hoover Dam. Following the 6.4 and 7.1 magnitude earthquakes that first struck near Ridgecrest, California, on July 4th and 5th respectively, Reclamation staff immediately inspected the dam and found no evidence of any damage.  “Hoover Dam reacted satisfactorily to all of the recent large earthquakes,” said Nathaniel Gee, Chief of the Engineering Services Office with Reclamation’s Lower Colorado Region. “If our on-site and remote monitoring devices confirm seismic activity at or near the dam, inspectors will physically walk the dam looking for settlement, cracking, sloughing or movement…

The Nevada casino industry reports increased gambling activity for the month of June. The Nevada Gaming Control Board reports that the statewide gambling win was a little more than $1-billion in June, up about 11.6% from the same month the previous year. The same casinos totaled $933-million in June, 2018. Clubs along the Colorado River cashed a gaming win of $39.4-million. That’s up 8.4% from the $36.4-million gaming win for Laughlin casinos in June of last year.