Category: Business News

MOHAVE COUNTY – Thrive Hualapai continued its informational seminar series last month with guest speaker Jeanette Pigeon, MCC Small Business Development Center Director, detailing 10 considerations of which to be mindful when starting a business. Thrive Hualapai is a business incubator in Peach Springs created through a partnership with MCC and the Hualapai Tribe to help people turn their passion into profitable businesses. Thrive Hualapai frequently hosts informational sessions and learning opportunities for community members, touching on a wide variety of topics that include workforce training, food-handler training and much more. Pigeon delivered her remarks to a full classroom of…

Workforce Development Consultant, David Shinder, presents a PowerPoint presentation to guide discussion with business owners to support the development of the four-year local plan. Photo by Becky Foster KINGMAN – On Thursday, April 11 the Mohave/La Paz County LWDB (Local Workforce Development Board) met with about 20 businessowners and agency heads to get input for updating its four-year plan and programs. The plan is required by the WIFO (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act).  The programs are funded by the federal government. A PowerPoint presentation was used by David Shinder, Workforce Development Consultant, to provide guidance for discussion on current and projected…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A rezoning development plan for Lake Havasu’s Heat hotel will be in the works. The city council team passed a motion for the hotel’s outdoor patio bar to be converted into eight new guest suites. Havasu will be entering an agreement with TowerCom XI-B for the placement for a new 100-foot cellular tower that will be located at 2330 McCulloch Blvd. N, and 1867 Walnut Dr. Board members also passed a plan with transportation company, Iteris. The company will be installing video detection systems which will be intended for road safety and accident prevention.  Phaedra Veronique

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Entrepreneurial spirits filled the room last week at ASU’s HavaStartup Award Ceremony. The HavaStartup Award Ceremony took place on Wednesday, April 10 at ASU Lake Havasu. This was HavaStartup’s fifth annual award ceremony organized by ASU. HavaStartup is a business competition that collaborates with Lake Havasu Chamber Foundation for Education Leadership and Better Business Bureau. The competition is intended for business plans that are commercial with financial returns or for nonprofits wanting to promote social change. The ideas must be original and any field is fair game. Participants must hold a vital position in their business…

Mohave County Supervisor Buster Johnson MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave County Supervisor Buster Johnson submitted opposition to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on a proposed waiver that would allow the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to enforce zero-emission railroad locomotives beginning in 2030. Under current law, the regulation of emissions standards for trains falls under the jurisdiction of the federal government, specifically the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). For California to institute their own restrictions, they need to apply for a waiver from the EPA. “While this proposal is specific to California, its implications for rail…

Kari Lake GOLDEN VALLEY – Senate candidate and Arizona favorite Kari Lake rolled through Mohave last weekend bringing her message to the residents here with stops in Lake Havasu City and Golden Valley. Lake, who was allegedly defeated in her bid for Governor back in 2022 by current Governor Katie Hobbs by a mere 17,000 votes amidst a flurry of voting irregularities which saw then Secretary of State Hobbs oversee her own election bid for Governor is now in a bid for Senator, running against AZ Rep. Ruben Gallego to fill the seat left by retiring U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema….