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Temporary closure of McCulloch Boulevard for Winterfest Street Festival

LAKE HAVASU CITY – On Saturday, February 8, McCulloch Boulevard is closed for the Annual Winterfest Street Festival, from Acoma Boulevard to Smoketree Avenue, beginning at 2:30 a.m., and reopens at 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 9. The hours of the Winterfest event are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 8 and from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 9. Please exercise additional caution when traveling in these areas, and pay special attention to all signage, markings, volunteers and law enforcement. For more information, please visit the Lake Havasu Chamber of Commerce official website at: www.havasuchamber.com.

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Crafting class is Saturday

Join Valen at The Farmhouse in creating a gorgeous Home Sweet Home House Sign. Class is Saturday, February 8 at 10 a.m. and is $35. Tickets are available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wood-house-decorative-sign-tickets-90483200689?aff=efbeventtix&fbclid=IwAR2katqUPSMZL8AfY5ENcFKueEVS5H06hBQUwZ-iofTHNZEJylnxq-iqi30. For more information, call (928)753-4764. The Farmhouse is located at 317 E. Beale St.

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Crafting class is Saturday

Join Valen at The Farmhouse in creating a gorgeous Home Sweet Home House Sign. Class is Saturday, February 8 at 10 a.m. and is $35. Tickets are available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wood-house-decorative-sign-tickets-90483200689?aff=efbeventtix&fbclid=IwAR2katqUPSMZL8AfY5ENcFKueEVS5H06hBQUwZ-iofTHNZEJylnxq-iqi30. For more information, call (928)753-4764. The Farmhouse is located at 317 E. Beale St.

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Supervisors move to protect limited area groundwater

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave County Supervisors voted unanimously (5-0) at their latest meeting on Feb .3, to approve its chairman signing a letter to Thomas Buschatzke, the Director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources to undertake actions to designate the Hualapai Valley Groundwater Basin (less the Southern Greggs Subarea) an Irrigation Non-Expansion Area (INA).  Mohave County officials are very active in protecting their water rights and strongly contend that the expansion of large scale agricultural usage is rapidly depleting the aquifer and the potential remains for further expansion in the future. County Manager Mike Hendrix says the response is…

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Supervisors move to protect limited area groundwater

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave County Supervisors voted unanimously (5-0) at their latest meeting on Feb .3, to approve its chairman signing a letter to Thomas Buschatzke, the Director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources to undertake actions to designate the Hualapai Valley Groundwater Basin (less the Southern Greggs Subarea) an Irrigation Non-Expansion Area (INA).  Mohave County officials are very active in protecting their water rights and strongly contend that the expansion of large scale agricultural usage is rapidly depleting the aquifer and the potential remains for further expansion in the future. County Manager Mike Hendrix says the response is…

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2019 Year in Review: Signing Colorado River agreement top water story for AZ

Water news in Arizona and the Southwest in 2019 certainly wasn’t limited entirely to the big signing of the Colorado River system-wide Drought Contingency Plan in May. But an event triggered by Arizona legislation, which was hailed by Governor Ducey as “the most significant water legislation passed in nearly 40 years,” certainly dominated headlines for the early part of 2019. On January 31, 2019, the Arizona Legislature passed – and Governor Ducey signed — a measure allowing Arizona to join six other western states and the federal government in signing onto the DCP, an inter-state water agreement designed to help stabilize the…

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