Category: Community News

KINGMAN  – In 2017, the City of Kingman and Mohave County entered into an agreement to both equally fund a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) at the cost of $400,000. The scientific study will show estimates of the potential effects of groundwater withdrawals from the Hualapai Valley Basin using a variety of withdrawal scenarios that will be provided to the USGS by the County, City, and other partners that will assist in the long range planning and future water development. The USGS is working to finalize the study, and will publish their findings in 2020. The Hualapai Valley Basin is located…

Mohave County – Mosquito surveillance conducted this week in Mohave Valley by the Mohave County Environmental Health Division (MCEHD) revealed the following locations that met the protocol to conduct fogging.  The MCEHD uses the CDC’s recommended matrix as a guide of when to fog.  FOGGING: Adult mosquito control application will begin on Thursday evening August 15th around 8:00 pm, weather permitting.  Baron Pest Control was awarded the contract to provide fogging services within Mohave County and will be conducting the ground fogging application.  Areas in Mohave Valley to fog include:  · South of Gordon Drive to East King Street, and east and west between Mohave…

KINGMAN – Learn about the ecology and conservation of this versatile aquatic snake and its life cycle in Arizona by presenters from the Arizona Game and Fish Department on Friday, August 16. Sponsored by the Arizona Game and Fish, “Garter Snakes of the Water’s Edge” will be presented at the Mohave County Library Kingman branch, 3269 N. Burbank from 6 to 7:15 p.m. The program is open to all ages. For information call 928-692-2665.

KINGMAN – On August 10, Ruby Dishneau celebrated her 100-year birthday with approximately 250 people. Most of these people were a part of the six generations of family, including more than 150 of Ruby’s grandchildren. With the oldest grandchild at age 63 and the youngest at only four months old, Ruby was surrounded by a diverse group of loving and proud individuals. The entire day, family from all walks of life, neighbors and friends were congratulating her on her birthday, telling her they love her, hugging and kissing her, and putting their foreheads to hers. Frankie, one of Ruby’s three…