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Mosquito control update: surveillance leads to agriculture aerial fogging

Mohave County – Mosquito surveillance conducted this week by the Mohave County Environmental Health Division (MCEHD) revealed several agricultural locations that met the CDC’s protocol to conduct mosquito control. Designated areas will have adult insecticide treatment using an Ultra Low Volume (ULV) fogging applied by the air using a low flying airplane. Aerial applications provide a greater opportunity to reduce mosquito populations in hard to reach agricultural areas. Applications are applied weather permitting and do not include materials known to be harmful to humans, animals or other insects when applied according to the product label. SCHEDULE:  Aerial application will begin at dawn on Friday, August…

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Women dead after being struck by vehicle

A pedestrian was fatally injured early Tuesday when struck by a vehicle in Dolan Springs. The Mohave County Sheriff’s office said Patricia McElrath, 58, Dolan Springs, was dead at the scene of the collision. Agency spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said deputies responded at 4:40 a.m. to the incident. She said the driver was westbound when he struck McElrath in the vicinity of Pierce Ferry road and 4th street. “The driver advised he did not see McElrath in the roadway until the time of the collision and she was not wearing any type of reflective material,” Mortensen said. “Speed or impairment do not…

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Lake Havasu City offers after school program

Summer is over and school is back in session on Monday! Keep your kids engaged and sign them up for the After School Program where they can enjoy group activities such as crafts, performing arts, sports games and field trips. Afternoon snack is provided and homework assistance is offered for all registered participants! Program is offered to all children enrolled in Kindergarten through 6th grade including homeschool, private, and charter school students. The program is held Monday through Friday after school until 6:00 p.m., in the gyms of Havasupai, Jamaica, Nautilus, Oro Grande, Smoketree and Starline elementary schools.  Register at the…

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Hoover Dam unscathed after earthquakes

The recent earthquakes that rattled Southern California and parts of Nevada didn’t damage Hoover Dam. Following the 6.4 and 7.1 magnitude earthquakes that first struck near Ridgecrest, California, on July 4th and 5th respectively, Reclamation staff immediately inspected the dam and found no evidence of any damage.  “Hoover Dam reacted satisfactorily to all of the recent large earthquakes,” said Nathaniel Gee, Chief of the Engineering Services Office with Reclamation’s Lower Colorado Region. “If our on-site and remote monitoring devices confirm seismic activity at or near the dam, inspectors will physically walk the dam looking for settlement, cracking, sloughing or movement…

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Fogging update: surveillance leads to adult mosquito control

Mohave County – Mosquito surveillance conducted this week 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 Friday evening August 2nd 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 Valley Drive and Green…

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Increased gambling activity in Nevada for June

The Nevada casino industry reports increased gambling activity for the month of June. The Nevada Gaming Control Board reports that the statewide gambling win was a little more than $1-billion in June, up about 11.6% from the same month the previous year. The same casinos totaled $933-million in June, 2018. Clubs along the Colorado River cashed a gaming win of $39.4-million. That’s up 8.4% from the $36.4-million gaming win for Laughlin casinos in June of last year.

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