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MRF hosting Arizona Corporation Commission candidates

KINGMAN – The Mohave Republican Forum (MRF) will be meeting Wednesday, April 10, at 5:30 p.m. with Arizona Corporation Commissioner, Lea Márquez Peterson running for re-election and Candidates, Christy Kelly, Rene Lopez, and Rachel Walden. The MRF meeting will be held at the Kingman Golden Corral, 3580 Stockton Hill Rd. Admission is $3 per person to assist with the meeting costs. For further information, please contact Rita Basinger at 928- 692-4771, basingerreb@gmail.com or JoAnn Oxsen at 928-727-7890, jaoxsen@gmail.com.

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County health director stepping down

Dr. Chad Kingsley MOHAVE COUNTY – Dr. Chad Kingsley is stepping down as Director for the Mohave County Department of Public Health, a position he held for nearly two years. Kingsley will be relocating to the silver state where he has been selected to serve as the new District Health Officer of Northern Nevada Public Health. Kingsley and two other finalists from a pool of 90 applicants interviewed in Reno last Thursday, March 28. “We were thrilled to have so much interest nationally with this very important position for our community,” said Krisopher Dahir, Chair of the District Board of…

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Public health surveys, clean up day discussed at LHC council

LAKE HAVASU CITY – The Tuesday, March 26 City Council meeting was the first gathering at the new Lake Havasu courthouse at 92 Acoma Boulevard South.  In honor of Women’s History Month, the city’s report shared that the first inaugural flag was hung at Mohave Community College. The mayor attended this event, and the flag is now being displayed at the campus’s special interest flagpole which is located between buildings five hundred and six hundred. It was also announced that 253 teens participated in the city’s teen break event that occurred Tuesday, March 19 to Thursday, March 21. The three-day activity…

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KDP Manager arbitration set April 9

KINGMAN – The Las Vegas businessmen fighting for control of the City of Kingman’s private sector partner on the Interstate 40 Rancho Santa Fe Traffic Interchange (TI) project are preparing to hunker down for more than one week before a professional referee.Both Bill Lenhart and Bill Plise claim the right to lead KDP Manager, an entity married to the city through a 70-page development agreement for the TI endeavor. Lenhart began the enterprise as Sunbelt Development but it morphed into KDP Manager when Plise came aboard several years ago.The business beef leaves the City of Kingman in a quandary regarding…

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$28.6 million in tribal gaming for quarter

PHOENIX – The Arizona Department of Gaming (ADG) has announced $28,578,515 in tribal gaming contributions to the Arizona Benefits Fund for the third quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. This amount represents an approximate 3.5 percent increase when compared to the same quarter of FY 2023. “In the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2024 Arizona’s tribal gaming industry maintained its steady growth, marking consecutive record quarters in tribal contributions to the Arizona Benefits Fund,” Jackie Johnson, Cabinet Executive Officer, ADG remarked. “These continuously increasing contributions further solidify the robust partnership between the state and our tribal gaming partners.” The Arizona…

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Johnson to serve as Quadstate Chair for 16th consecutive year

LAKE HAVASU CITY  – Supervisor Buster Johnson was re-elected this past month as Chairman of the Quadstate Local Government Authority.   This is Supervisor Johnson’s 16th consecutive year serving as Chairman of the organization.  “I am honored that my colleagues have ensured their trust in me by continuing to elect me to serve as Chairman of this multi-state organization,” Johnson stated.  The Quadstate Local Governments Authority was established in 1999 and is a Joint Exercise of Powers Authority established between counties in the three western states of California, Nevada and Arizona.  The Quadstate Authority encompasses over 50,000 square miles in the Southwest, and contains over 39,541,259…

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