Category: Business News

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….

The Mohave Community College Governing Board will meet on June 13 to vote on the 2019-2020 fiscal year budget. “The budget is balanced, with zero debt, and the vast majority will continue to be dedicated to instruction and student support,” said Interim MCC President Dr. Diana Stithem. The $45 million budget includes $34 million in direct support of classroom instruction, student support and local scholarships.  The college is looking at many classroom investments, including a $400,000 expansion of collaborative technology college-wide.  This would allow the college to offer more real-time interactive video classes, which benefit students who learn much better…

UniSource Energy Services electric customers will enjoy summer bill savings that average more than $21 per month thanks to reduced natural gas and power prices. The Arizona Corporation Commission approved UniSource’s request to apply an energy cost credit of 1.85 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) to its electric bills from June 1 to Sept. 30. The credit is expected to reduce the bills of typical residential customers by $21.56 per month, on average, or nearly 18 percent.  “We’re passing along significant fuel and energy cost savings to our electric customers just in time for the summer, when temperatures rise and energy…