Category: Community News

MOHAVE COUNTY – Interested citizens need not stay up late looking for updates as the Mohave County Elections Department will post unofficial returns early, and just once, on Election Night, Tuesday, Nov. 5. The single post occurs because a unique tabulation process will be used in the all-mail elections the county is conducting for Bullhead City and the Kingman Unified School District. Returns are typically posted and updated a number of times for traditional elections conducted with use of polling places and early balloting. Mohave County Elections Director Allen Tempert said conducting these elections by mail, however, will result in…

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave County Board of Supervisors Chairman Hildy Angius was among 15 honorees at the 22nd Annual Community Achievement Awards (CAA) presented by the Laughlin Chamber of Commerce on Oct. 26. The seven-year county supervisor and recipient of the Public Service Award expressed gratitude as she addressed 600 attendees during the elegant ceremony at the Aquarius Casino Resort. Angius said she and her late husband Sam were blessed to have moved to Bullhead City in 2005. “We landed here by the grace of God,” she said. Angius’ involvements with the Colorado River Republican Women’s Club, the Bullhead City…

KINGMAN – “This ain’t your grandma’s antique store,” is how Gracie’s Vintage owner Leah Burkhart describes her business. “We’re fun. We’re the fun personal shop.” That concise description represents a perception of her business, that is illustrated by the contents of the business. Gracie’s is filled with a smorgasbord of eclectic items. Paintings, bobbleheads, dolls, vinyl records, vintage novels, 1970s comic books, candy dispensers, typewriters and even a giant bison head. “That’s probably the most interesting item in here. The bison head. Nobody else has that.” It’s been four years since Gracie’s Vintage opened its doors and as Burkhart prepares…