Category: Community News

BULLHEAD CITY – A fatal traffic accident is under investigation by the Bullhead City Police Department. Officers and emergency medical personnel responded Monday at 4:45 p.m. to the two-vehicle, head-on collision at Highway 95 and Thunderstruck Drive. “Richard Eugene Harker, 54, Bullhead City, was traveling northbound on the highway in a Mercury Grand Marquis,” said police spokeswoman Emily Fromelt. “For unknown reasons, he crossed into the oncoming lane of traffic and collided with a southbound Ford F-350 pickup truck.’’ Fromelt said Harker was dead at the scene of the accident and that the passenger in his vehicle, 40-year-old Rachel Ann…

KINGMAN – Chillin’ on Beale Street will host their Third Annual Beach Party Hawaiian Style on Saturday, Aug. 17 beginning at 3 p.m. Bring your car downtown or just come downtown to look at the other cars. Classics, customs, creatives, motorcycles, EVs, you name it – cruise on down to Beale Street for music, good food and down-home Kingman atmosphere! For information call 714-488-1843.

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.