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Dog Days of Summer at Farmer’s Market

KINGMAN – The Kingman Farmers Market will celebrate the end of “The Dog Days of Summer” Saturday, August 31 by collecting pet food for the Mohave County Animal Shelter and Golden Valley Pet Recovery. Please bring cans and bags of pet food to the market at 102 E Beale between 8 a.m. and noon, and join with these two fantastic community organizations for animal welfare, volunteer some time, adopt or foster pets. There will be live music from the Dale Gillespie Band; and a great variety of handcrafted products; home-baked treats and local produce. Everything from Ancho peppers to zucchini;…

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West Basin Water Study Committee Meets Today

MOHAVE COUNTY – The 10-member Mohave County West Basin Water Users Study Committee is meeting at the Capitol this afternoon, in House Hearing Room 1 at 2 p.m. Mayor Jen Miles is a member of the committee that is chaired by Senator Sonny Borrelli and Representative Regina Cobb. The agenda and full list of members can be found here:https://www.azleg.gov/iagenda/House/082719%20mohave%20county%20west%20basin%20water%20users.1.1r.pdf Background – Governor Ducey signed into law HB2467 (committees; west basin water users), which establishes a 10-member Mohave County West Basin Water Users Study Committee and a 10-member La Paz County West Basin Water Users Study Committee to analyze groundwater withdrawal data and make recommendations to…

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Firefighter’s Park hosts JAVC car show

KINGMAN – Roll into Firefighter’s Memorial Park, 2201 Detroit Ave, Monday, Sept. 2 between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. for the JAVC car show.  Come swing by and listen to music by DJ Don and Tina West. There will be food, vendors, auto parts swap meet, awards, door prizes, 50/50, and raffle prizes. There will also be dash plaques and goodie bags for the first 100 entries. Register for show, vendor space or auto part swap meet at www.JAVC.org.

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Lake Mead roads to receive around $5 million in improvements

BOULDER CITY – A nearly $5 million pavement preservation project has begun at Lake Mead National Recreation Area to improve roads within the 1.5 million-acre park. The project will include cleaning, patching, resurfacing and re-marking around 75 miles of roads and parking areas from the northern end of the park to Willow Beach. Once completed, it will enhance the visitor experience and meet the park’s maintenance needs. The work is scheduled to take place during daylight hours on weekdays through mid-December. During construction, visitors may experience short delays along the roadways, and parking areas may be closed for a limited time….

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Bullhead City celebrates 35-year milestone

Happy birthday Bullhead City! The Colorado River community that was incorporated on August 28, 1984 is celebrating its 35-year milestone. “We tried incorporation three times and it failed the first two times and it wasn’t until the third time that it passed (by voters),” said Mayor Tom Brady, who moved to Bullhead City in 1982. “I remember when I first got here we had one traffic light in town and that was at Highway 95 and Hancock.” City Manager Toby Cotter told Council members during their meeting last week that cake and ice cream would be provided in the lobby…

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