Category: Business News

Newly hired Mohave County Public Defender Chris Stavris resigned Tuesday, Aug. 20, after roughly one week on the job. His decision is the product of two health emergencies within his family. Stavris shut down his law practice in Scottsdale where he left his family behind to transition to Kingman in the near future. He secured a home in Kingman and was to report to work to start his new job on August 12. Stavris’ wife suffered a medical event that prompted a slight delay before he reported to his office in Kingman on August 14. He said one of his…

LAUGHLIN – Clark County Commissioners on August 20 unanimously approved about $2 million for design of street, water, and sewer through a special improvement district for West Casino Drive in Laughlin. “The large-diameter water and sewer pipes finally will complete the missing link of the utilities in southern Laughlin,” said Martin Knauss, president of the Laughlin Economic Development Corporation which has supported the effort. “This will open up lots of commercial land for development along a stretch of Casino Drive that is twice as long as the famed Laughlin Strip Corridor. And it certainly will improve access for Laughlin’s main…

BULLHEAD CITY – The Cost-of-Living Index (COLI) Annual Average Data report for the second quarter of 2019 was just released and Bullhead City is once again the most affordable city in Arizona and one of the most affordable cities in the nation. Bullhead City was reported again as the most affordable city in Arizona with an overall composite index of 91.1 percent. This report represents the average prices submitted by the participating 255 urban areas nationwide. A city’s composite index is made up of six components; grocery items, housing, utilities, transportation, health care and miscellaneous goods and services. The cost-of-living…

KINGMAN – More than a dozen people staged a peaceful demonstration before Monday’s Mohave County Board of Supervisors meeting in Kingman, drawing public attention to their view that Planning and Zoning Commission member Lajuana Gillette recently posted insensitive comments on her Facebook page. They held signs and placards as they positioned along a sidewalk area at the entrance to the county complex downtown. Several of them attended the meeting and addressed Board members during the Call to The Public. They repeated their allegation that Gillette’s comments about the browning of America represents racism and they continued to call for sanction,…

LAKE HAVASU – Arizona State Parks and Trails and Havasu Riviera Marina, LLC have signed the consent agreement, a term of the original contract, to move the Havasu Riviera State Park project forward. “This is a groundbreaking agreement that is truly one of a kind for the State of Arizona,” said Arizona State Parks and Trails Executive Director Bob Broscheid. “With the signing, we are now able to move forward into the next phase of this project, which is so important to State Parks and to Lake Havasu City.” Havasu Riviera Marina, LLC will be responsible for the development of…

Intends to retire April 30, 2020 KINGMAN – The City of Kingman’s top cop intends to wrap up a four decades-long law enforcement career next spring. Police Chief Bob Devries has circled April 30, 2020 on his retirement calendar. “I turn 62 and it’s time,” Devries said. “We’ll have had some significant accomplishments into the coming year” Devries is primarily referring to the ongoing effort to achieve national accreditation for the department. He said that should happen September 11, if all continues to go well. Devries and his family moved to Kingman from Holland, Michigan in May of 2003 and…