Category: Business

KINGMAN – In an effort to streamline customer service, Building & Life Safety and Planning & Zoning will be combined into one department: Community Development. This change will take place at the beginning of the New Year. Kingman Fire Department’s Building Official, Chris Young, will manage the Community Development Department. The department will be housed in the main city complex building, located at 310 North Fourth Street, and have the operating hours of Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. – 6 p.m. This will give customers a better “one-stop-shop,” in order to serve future projects and development within the city. “This…

KINGMAN – In an effort to streamline customer service, Building & Life Safety and Planning & Zoning will be combined into one department: Community Development. This change will take place at the beginning of the New Year. Kingman Fire Department’s Building Official, Chris Young, will manage the Community Development Department. The department will be housed in the main city complex building, located at 310 North Fourth Street, and have the operating hours of Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. – 6 p.m. This will give customers a better “one-stop-shop,” in order to serve future projects and development within the city. “This…

EDITOR’S NOTE: In the Dec. 4 edition of The Standard, a student Gennavieve McKinney was incorrectly identified as Sofia Miller. Following is the correction. Kingman High School hosted Lee Williams High School and Lake Havasu High School for the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Knowledge Bowl competition. The students competed in tests and judged events ranging over a variety of business aspects. Back row from left to right: Derek Gile, Logan Samstag, Schyler Hess, Pason McCans, Cayden McCormick, Phillip Lambdin, Mr. Cody.  Front row: Michaela Frazier, TiAsiah King, Sara Boers, Amelia Brackett, Kylee Hill, Jesse West, Gennavieve McKinney, Katriana…

Pegasus announces new ventures in Mohave County MOHAVE COUNTY – At a very brief press conference on Friday, Dec. 13, Pegasus Group Holdings, the largest solar powered data center in the world, announced extensive and expanding plans in Mohave County. The company closed on 770 acres of land, which will result in nearly 1,500 acres of land. This will assist in a $5.2 billion, phase two expansion called ‘Firefly’. The original initiative began with a $3 billion development, a 340 Megawatt solar powered data storage center, called ‘The Hive.’ The Hive was developed on 717 acres of land. The Firefly…

BULLHEAD CITY – Ten Mohave Community College – Bullhead City campus registered nursing students completed their final semester, and each officially earned their Associate of Applied Science in Nursing degree. Nursing students had their pinning ceremony Tuesday. They were accompanied by friends, family, staff and faculty. June Weiss, MCC Director of Nursing, presented the Clinical Excellence Award to Jessie Walton. The award is given to the student that performed above and beyond the standard expectation of their roles in terms of commitment to education and learning. Dr. Stacy Klippenstein, MCC President, congratulated the graduates and left them with words of…