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Only 48 hours after the TCU and Cal football teams finished an overtime battle in the Cheez-It Bowl, 80,000 square feet of turf had been taken up from the stadium floor. Hash marks, cleat marks, Cheez-It logos and all was loaded onto a dozen flatbed trailers and hauled 200 miles to Bullhead City, Arizona, where it was laid onto a plot of land that the community had spent thousands of dollars and many weeks preparing. Finally, nearly three months later, the divots and field markings are replaced by a pristine, emerald playing field, where the community and Fiesta Bowl organization…

Through the rain and sunshine, over 540 participants walked for the cause! The 6TH Annual Connie Davis 5k Walk & Roll was held on Saturday, March 2nd at the Pyramid Canyon day use area of North Reach Heritage Trails. Despite the morning being met with a mild downpour, over 540 participants registered to support the cause!  Shortly after the walk began, the sun came out from behind the clouds. Participants enjoyed the cool sounds of Billy Kay while eating breakfast before the walk (provided by Cinnabon) and a picnic lunch (provided by the Laughlin Tourism Commission) after the walk. Other activities included…

Mohave County Board of Supervisors (BOS) meetings normally held in the Mohave County seat community of Kingman could someday be held in other northwest Arizona municipalities. District 5 Supervisor Ron Gould floated the proposal during Monday’s board meeting. “I think it would be interesting to actually take the Board of Supervisors show on the road, so to speak,” Gould said. Rotating the meetings to other communities, he said, extends citizen observation and participation opportunity to residents who otherwise have at least a 100-mile, round-trip drive to endure. Gould said the county might partner with city government for meeting space to…

Mohave Community College has been so successful preparing students to succeed at math, that college representatives have been invited to a national conference to showcase how they did it. The Higher Learning Commission, H.L.C., National Conference is the first week of April in Chicago.  H.L.C. invited MCC to explain the college’s new Transitional Math initiative that led to higher student success rates. H.L.C. is the accrediting agency for more than 1,000 colleges, including MCC.  The Commission ensures the advancement and quality of higher learning among the schools they monitor. The college’s new Transitional Math approach prepares students to succeed at…