Category: Business News

The Kingman City Council has preliminarily approved the proposed budget for the next fiscal year. Tentative adoption of the budget June 4 means that it can go no higher, though adjustments within the spending plan can occur before final approval by the Council. Financial Services Director Tina Moline said the general fund totals $34.5-million, about 63% of that dedicated to police and fire operations. She said a $47-million earmark for the Interstate 11 East Kingman Connection initiative highlights the capital project list. Moline also said the budget provides a 2% pay increase for full time city workers. She said that…

Mohave County is taking government to the people in Lake Havasu and Bullhead City. Member Ron Gould’s proposal to hold regular board meetings beyond the county seat community of Kingman was approved during Monday’s Board of Supervisors meeting. Gould said there is a disconnect and that many of his constituents are not cognizant of county government, though they pay county taxes just like the Kingman area residents who have the option of attending board meetings. “It’s almost as if the county government only applies to Kingman,” Gould said. “I think this will do a little bit to make those folks…

It’s still cool to be a cop. That’s one of the messages of a new recruitment campaign the city of Kingman is rolling out hoping to find the best available people to serve its police department. Like heads of other area law enforcement agencies have been saying for years, Police Chief Bob Devries said low pay and benefit package issues make it difficult for Kingman to hire and retain police officers. Devries and City Manager Ron Foggin explained during a Tuesday news conference that another problem is that fewer young people are interested in law enforcement careers today, as compared…

Two companies are partnering in development and operation of a $3-billion renewable energy data center about 12 miles south of Kingman. Solar panels are already arriving for assembly at the 717 acre site off of Interstate 40. Pegasus Group Holdings and Plus Minus Power have crews constructing “The Hive” which will generate 340 Megawatts of electricity, nearly half the output of Hoover Dam. About 160,000 solar panels will power hundreds of cargo containers that will house up to a half-million computers. “We’re going to be providing service to people who have servers that need to run them, so it could…

Pegasus Group Holdings, a technology infrastructure corporation that develops renewable energy projects, today announced that it has selected Mohave County, Arizona for the development of its new $3 billion, 340 Megawatt solar powered data center. The Pegasus Group Holdings project, in partnership with Plus Minus Power (PMP), will operate a solar field nicknamed “The Hive”. The field will occupy 717 acres just south of Kingman, AZ on Interstate 40, just north of the Griffith Energy Facility. Mohave County Supervisor Jean Bishop stated, “I am extremely excited to welcome Pegasus Group Holdings to Mohave County. Pegasus will be locating what is…

The Small Business Development Center of Mohave Community College (SBDC) will be hosting a workshop called “Creating a Strong Online Presence for Your Business – Interactive Digital Marketing Workshop.” The workshop will help business owners hit the target in FOUR key areas where a business needs to be online, whether to hire others to take care of the online marketing or to do it oneself. Learn and work on business with this hands-on interactive class. Hey will provide lunch, handouts, several instructors, computer lab use and more. This will be a fast-paced class full of great information for each business….