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Arizona Health Care Association Launches carefortheaging.org

New Workforce Site Offers Information and Opportunity The Arizona Health Care Association (AHCA), Arizona’s premier organization representing skilled nursing and assisted living communities, has launched a unique, new resource for job seekers, career builders and workforce recruiters.  The website, carefortheaging.org, does more than a typical recruiting site. By providing deep, detailed information on careers within the elder-care system it helps sets the stage for finding a first job or advancing a personal career path. The site also provides a big assist to companies hoping to fill positions in care communities statewide.  With categories that include everything from admissions to administration, and from nursing…

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Buckle Up Arizona…It’s the Law! Enforcement Campaign underway

In an effort to save more lives on Arizona’s roadways this month the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety is partnering with Kingman Police Department and other local law enforcement agencies to enforce Arizona’s seat belt and child safety seat laws. Arizona presently conducts enforcement under a secondary seat belt law and a primary child safety seat law. The enforcement campaign is based upon high visibility traffic enforcement with a “zero-tolerance” approach towards seat belt and child safety seat usage. As part of a the national Click It or Ticketseat belt enforcement campaign, law enforcement agencies across the state will be stepping up traffic enforcement patrols…

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Private trash service advertising causing confusion

KINGMAN – A private trash service has mailed city residents what appears to be a cheaper rate for residential trash services. If a person lives within the city limits, they do not have the option to privatize their residential trash pickup. The city charges $19.78 per month for TWICE-WEEKLY trash pickup, compared to the once weekly as advertised on a mailer, by a private company. City of Kingman Utility Regulations specifically state: 1. Except as otherwise provided in this Article, it shall be the sole responsibility of the City Sanitation Department to collect and convey garbage through the streets or alleys of the…

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ADOT 511 travel information signs

Unique branding opportunity along Arizona freeways For nearly a decade, Arizona businesses have been reaching potential customers by placing their logos on blue signs located along freeways near their locations. A new program from the Arizona Department of Transportation will offer a unique branding opportunity for qualifying companies while promoting and creating awareness of the 511 Arizona Traveler Information program. Under the 511 Logo Signs program, businesses will be able to sponsor informational signs that remind drivers to call 511 for travel information. A horizontal sign listing the name of the sponsoring business will be attached at the bottom of the…

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MCSO understaffed

Safety concerns addressed at workshop Mohave County Sheriff’s office operations were a major focus of the budget workshop the Board of Supervisors conducted on Friday, April 17. Sheriff Doug Schuster repeated many points previously made to demonstrate need of additional funding. “We are seriously understaffed. We are under-compensated and our ability to serve the citizens of Mohave County is strained to say the least,” Schuster said. “We’re not as effective as we should be. There’s been public outcry to myself over and over and there’s been public outcry to this board for more staffing.” Schuster said there’s been steady population…

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Former firefighter charged with embezzlement

Criminal charges have been filed against a firefighter accused of embezzling funds from a rural fire district headquartered in Dolan Springs. Phillip Picard, 31, is initially charged with ten counts of forgery and single counts of fraud and theft in an April 8 complaint filed in Kingman Justice Court. A Mohave County Sheriff’s office investigation was initiated late last June after Lake Mohave Ranchos Fire District (LMRFD) governing board and staff members conducted their own probe. It was initiated after LMRFD Administrative Assistant Karen Jackson discovered payroll anomalies on March 6, 2018. A sheriff’s office report said that Jackson detected…

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