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State representatives, senator to speak at Republican Women’s meeting

KINGMAN – The next monthly general meeting of the Kingman Republican Women scheduled for Tuesday, July 9, will have Arizona State Representatives Leo Biasiucci and Dr. Regina Cobb along with State Senator Sonny Borelli providing members and guests with a legislative roundtable discussion of current laws, bills, and issues of concern to residents of Arizona. Come prepared with questions for a one-on-one chance to hear from these state representatives. All meetings are held the second Tuesday of every month at noon at The DamBar Steakhouse, 1960 E. Andy Devine Ave., Kingman. There is a $3 meeting fee and lunch can be…

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Dorner continues career as KUSD Superintendent

Gretchen Dorner continues her near 30-year career with her hometown school system at its highest level. Dorner brings a foundation of varied teaching and administrative experience to her new job as Superintendent of the Kingman Unified School District (KUSD). “I am so excited. I would never have imagined in the early 90’s when I started my career with, at that time, the Kingman Elementary School District, that I would eventually end up in this position,” said Dorner, noting that she’s also quite comfortable with the transition. “It just sort of naturally led this way. And now I get to be…

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Bullhead City excise tax revenue and refunding bond rating raised to ‘AA’ from ‘A+’ on application of our criteria

S&P Global Ratings raised its underlying rating (SPUR) to ‘AA’ from ‘A+’ on Bullhead City Municipal Property Corp. (MPC), Ariz.’s existing series 2009 excise tax revenue and refunding bonds, issued on behalf of Bullhead City. At the same time, S&P Global Ratings assigned its ‘AA’ long-term rating to the city’s series 2019 excise tax revenue and revenue refunding obligations, which will fully refund the series 2009 bonds. The outlook is stable. “The raised rating reflects the application of our ‘Priority-Lien Tax Revenue Debt’ criteria, published Oct. 22, 2018, on RatingsDirect,” said S&P Global Ratings credit analyst Alyssa Farrell. Our assessment…

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Bullhead City files lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors files in state court for damages to Bullhead City

The City Manager’s Office released the following statement related to Bullhead City filing a state court lawsuit against the manufacturers and distributors of opioids: Bullhead City has filed a lawsuit in Mohave County Superior Court seeking damages for the societal and financial harm it has suffered at the hands of those responsible for the opioid crisis—the manufacturers and distributors of opioids. The City is seeking a return of taxpayer dollars lost as a result of the opioid crisis and other relief to support the residents of Bullhead City. Our community has suffered as a result of the crisis created by…

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County animal shelter will run as planned

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…

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Power outage disrupts business, government offices

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…

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