Category: Business

Beginning July 1, 2019, a flat fee for recording documents in the State of Arizona will go into effect pursuant to Arizona Revised Statute §11-475, as amended by the Arizona State Legislature in 2018. The fee to record a document in the Mohave County Recorder’s office and throughout Arizona will become $30.00 per document. This eliminates the need to determine recording fees, which were previously based on and are now inclusive of:  How many pages the document contains, additional indexing categories, additional reference numbers on a document, mailing the recorded document back to the customer, the additional fee for the…

A funding commitment action at the June 4 Bullhead City council meeting should kick start a bridge project that’s been stalled for months. Progress on the second bridge proposed to cross the Colorado River to Laughlin came to a halt late last year when some Nevada officials indicated Arizona should pay more for the project. City manager Toby Cotter said Bullhead City and Laughlin are both handling the cost on each side of the river of connecting the transportation network to the bridge. He said actual construction of the bridge alone is pegged at $30-million. Cotter said $21-million of federal…

This month, Havasu Regional Medical Center is celebrating the 20th anniversary of LifePoint Health, the health system of which it is a part, with a donation to the Lake Havasu City Fire Department. This donation is part of a national anniversary celebration in which LifePoint has contributed $2,000 to causes in each of the 89 communities it serves nationwide. LHCFD was chosen by the hospital team in Havasu because it reflects LifePoint’s and HRMC’s mission of Making Communities Healthier®. The Lake Havasu City Fire Department intends to use this generous donation to purchase Personal Protective Equipment and specialized medical supplies to…

Kingman Regional Medical Center (KRMC) announced today that it is mailing letters to some patients whose information may have been involved in a recent incident involving the KRMC website. On April 8, 2019, KRMC was notified that there was a possible security problem with its public website. KRMC immediately shut down the website and began to investigate. A leading third party forensic firm was hired to assist in the investigation. The forensic firm determined that the configuration of the website made it possible for unauthorized person(s) to view some information entered into the website by KRMC customers. This incident does…

The Kingman City Council has preliminarily approved the proposed budget for the next fiscal year. Tentative adoption of the budget June 4 means that it can go no higher, though adjustments within the spending plan can occur before final approval by the Council. Financial Services Director Tina Moline said the general fund totals $34.5-million, about 63% of that dedicated to police and fire operations. She said a $47-million earmark for the Interstate 11 East Kingman Connection initiative highlights the capital project list. Moline also said the budget provides a 2% pay increase for full time city workers. She said that…

Mohave County is taking government to the people in Lake Havasu and Bullhead City. Member Ron Gould’s proposal to hold regular board meetings beyond the county seat community of Kingman was approved during Monday’s Board of Supervisors meeting. Gould said there is a disconnect and that many of his constituents are not cognizant of county government, though they pay county taxes just like the Kingman area residents who have the option of attending board meetings. “It’s almost as if the county government only applies to Kingman,” Gould said. “I think this will do a little bit to make those folks…