Category: Business

U.S. Acting Secretary of Labor Julie A. Su recognized ALLO as one of the 859 recipients of the 2023 Hire Vets Medallion Award during a virtual award ceremony presented by the U.S. Department of Labor held on November 8th. ALLO earned the large company 2023 Platinum Hire Vets Medallion award. This is the fourth year ALLO has been recognized with the Hire Vets Medallion Award, but it is the first year ALLO has been recognized at the highest award level, Platinum. The Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing American Military Veterans Act (Hire Vets Act) Medallion Program is the only…

KINGMAN – The City of Kingman Department of Economic Development is pleased to announce that Shambaugh & Son broke ground in the Industrial Park on November 15, 2023. Construction is underway for the company’s 72,000 square ft. fabrication facility. Progressive Pipe Fabricators, a division of Shambaugh, will fabricate and deliver over 20,000 individual sprinkler pipes per week. The building will be in the Kingman Industrial Park on Historic Route 66. Shambaugh & Son has been operating since 2021 in an existing building and stated that Kingman was chosen for this project due to Schambaugh’s rapidly expanding operating locations in Phoenix,…

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave Community College just released its Facilities Master Plan (FMP), which serves as roadmap for the future of campus buildings and infrastructure.    The MCC board approved the Facilities Master Plan in October and appreciated that the FMP is focused on improving campus facilities for student learning, and that it is a long-range guiding document.   “I like that this plan is flexible and allows the College to adapt projects to meet the needs of future students, and that board members will still have the opportunity to review and provide input prior to the approval of any individual building project,” said MCC…

KINGMAN – Site preparation is underway on the Kingman hilltop for construction of a state-of-the art physical therapy clinic. T.R. Orr, Inc. will build the 16,000 square foot facility at the intersection of Maple and Andy Devine Avenue, just north of the R & R Body Shop. Dr. Christopher Reno plans to close his Northern Arizona Physical Therapy Associates office on Stockton Hill Road, and rebrand an expanded service operation when he opens his brand-new Northern Arizona Health Club by early 2025, if not sooner. “It’s going to be a gym and it’s going to be a physical therapy clinic,”…

MOHAVE COUNTY – Ballot counting and Chairman choice were points of contention during Monday’s Mohave County board of supervisors meeting. The board again turned thumbs down on hand counting ballots and elected supervisor Hildy Angius as chairman for next year. Board of Supervisors Clerk Ginny Anderson was asked to read into the record a lengthy letter from Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes before the ballot tabulation debate that stretched more than two hours. Mayes advised supervisors it would be illegal to count ballots by hand in the 2024 elections. “A ‘yes’ vote would direct your elections department to violate the law….