Category: Business News

MOHAVE COUNTY – Situated just north of I-40 in the high-desert area of Golden Valley, between Yucca and Kingman, there’s a 717-acre parcel of land surrounded by a very tall chain-link fence. The perimeter fence is also topped with concertina-razor wire that is designed to keep unwanted guests and intruders out – trespassers beware! The facility, currently under construction, is protected by what appears to be heavily armed paramilitary-looking guards in uniform. Some of the security force carries AR-15 rifles, and all have radios and pistols strapped to their sides. They also have drones for aerial surveillance, roving vehicle patrols…

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave County election officials will be mailing out more than 60,000 ballots to voters in Bullhead City and in the Kingman Unified School District in about two months.  Voters in Bullhead City will be deciding Proposition 415 and whether to authorize the city to attempt to acquire ECPCOR Water Arizona’s local infrastructure through purchase or by condemnation if necessary. A $35 million bond issue will be determined by the KUSD electorate. Both elections are mail-in ballots only. “The Recorder’s Office and Voter Registration will be mailing out the ballots approximately one month before the election,” County Elections…

KINGMAN – The City of Kingman will soon be releasing applications for a grant that local downtown businesses can apply for to improve the facades of their historic buildings. Get a jump on the process by attending this workshop and learning how to go about it. The Small Business Association (SBDC) will host a free workshop Thursday, Aug. 15 from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Kingman Powerhouse Visitor’s Center, 120 W. Andy Devine Ave. The workshop will cover creating a vibrant and walkable downtown, and learning what it will take to evaluate and decide your course of action to…

The Mohave Community College Information Technology Department recently received a 2019 Campus Technology Impact Award.  Submissions for the five categories and 12 awards came in from colleges and universities around the world, according to the higher education online magazineCampus Technology. Mohave Community College and Indiana University were selected winners in the category IT Infrastructure and Systems.   MCC was honored for its online disaster recovery systems upgrades that we first told you about last year, when the college had the honor of holding a breakout session at the VMWorld 2018 Convention in Las Vegas. The college has been able cut down online disaster recovery times from…

KINGMAN – Management of the Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District (NACFD) is transitioning to the management team of City of Kingman Fire Department Chief Jake Rhoades. An intergovernmental agreement detailing the arrangement was approved August 6 by the Kingman Council, following previous approval of the NACFD governing board. Rhoades said consolidated management should improve public safety, training, resource sharing and joint response performance. “It’s going to strengthen our service strategy in the region,” said Mayor Jen Miles. She noted that the agreement will have the Kingman Fire Department more involved in serving Kingman High School and the Kingman Airport and…

Mohave Community College Student Christina Henslee was just selected as a 2019 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholar. Henslee is one of just 207 Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Honor Society members across America named as a Promise Scholar and she will receive a $1,000 scholarship. The MCC science major received the award because of her academic excellence and campus leadership roles.  She is president of the Bullhead City campus Student Activities Council and Vice President of the campus PTK Honor Society. Henslee was shocked when the national honor society informed her that she is a Coca-Cola Promise Scholar. “My family and…