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Chloride offers all-town yard sale

CHLORIDE – The weather has cooled down and that brings out the friendly folks in Chloride. They are geared up for the fall semi-annual All Town Yard Sale, Saturday, September 28. Starting at 8 a.m. the front yards in Chloride will be filled with everything imaginable. Tools, antiques, collectibles, furnishings, and a potpourri of goodies will fill the yards all over town.  And everything is at bargain prices. At “High Noon” the High Desert Drifters gunfight troupe will shoot’em up In the Historical Society’s Cyanide Springs on Elkhart Avenue. After the gunfights take a peek in the Jim Fritz Museum…

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2019 IJSBA Thai Airways World Finals is Oct. 5 to 13

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Thousands will gather at Crazy Horse Campgrounds, 1534 Beachcomber Blvd. for the 2019 Thai Airways World Finals, the most venerable and prestigious single personal watercraft (PWC) event in the world from Oct. 5 through 13. With an invitation-only policy attracting over 750 of the world’s best personal watercraft racers, the World Finals have been the cornerstone of International Jet Sports Boating Association (IJSBA) racing. The event includes dozens of product vendors and a Craft Beer Festival. For those who have ever contemplated buying a PWC, this is the place to come shop for one. The World…

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Prison ordered for driver in traffic fatality

KINGMAN – A judge in Kingman rejected probation and ordered prison for a West Jordan, Utah woman responsible for a single-vehicle traffic accident that claimed the life of her boyfriend’s daughter. Mohave County Superior Court Judge Rick Lambert imposed a 2.5-year prison term for Marissa Sloan, 22, on Monday, Sept. 9. Sloan had an extensive history of misdemeanor convictions, most of them drug related, and she had no valid license when she was driving a Saturn that left Highway 68 and rolled in Golden Valley on April 29, 2018. Presley Hope Farmer, 10, was seriously injured when ejected and she…

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Input sought from elk hunters to help guide management of state’s herds

Harvest a bull in Game Management Units 1, 9, 10 or 23? Send a tooth The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) is asking all elk hunters to submit data from their upcoming hunts to assist the department in managing the state’s herds.  AZGFD’s goal is to receive a completed questionnaire from each hunter who was issued a hunt permit-tag, whether or not that hunter harvested an elk or participated in a hunt. AZGFD will use that data to estimate harvest and hunter participation, along with population surveys, to set hunt permit-tag numbers. A questionnaire will be mailed (or emailed)…

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Groundbreaking procedure offers new hope for Alzheimer’s disease

Barrow Neurological Institute first to conduct trial in international study A groundbreaking procedure that offers new hope for patients with Alzheimer’s disease is being tested at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix. The largest international trial to date will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in patients over 65 years old with mild probable Alzheimer’s, and it will test the hypothesis that DBS will slow cognitive decline related to Alzheimer’s. The DBS procedure has provided remarkable therapeutic benefits for otherwise treatment-resistant movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor. The delicate procedure involves placing one or…

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City, county may see funds from national opioid litigation

Proposed settlement may pay out a total of $12 billion nationwide KINGMAN – Kingman City Attorney Carl Cooper and Deputy Mohave County Attorney Ryan Esplin are intrigued by news of a tentative settlement with OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma. The city and county engaged the same law firm to enter litigation seeking compensation for the devastation of the nation’s opioid epidemic. “It’s locally meaningful,” Cooper said. “This is just part of a giant conglomeration of litigation regarding manufacturers and distribution.” Arizona Governor Doug Ducey said Wednesday that parties have reached a proposed settlement that could see Purdue Pharma pay out some…

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