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SBDC is hosting a business workshop

The Small Business Development Center of Mohave Community College (SBDC) will be hosting a workshop called “Creating a Strong Online Presence for Your Business – Interactive Digital Marketing Workshop.” The workshop will help business owners hit the target in FOUR key areas where a business needs to be online, whether to hire others to take care of the online marketing or to do it oneself. Learn and work on business with this hands-on interactive class. Hey will provide lunch, handouts, several instructors, computer lab use and more. This will be a fast-paced class full of great information for each business….

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Ward to speak at Women’s luncheon

On Tuesday, June 11, all Mohave County residents are invited to join Kingman Republican Women to hear Dr. Kelli Ward, Arizona GOP Chairman, speak on the issues important to not only the Arizona Republican Party, but to all Arizonans. Come and ask questions on the GOP plans concerning border security, state infrastructure, voter ID and many other topics that could have an adverse effect on Arizona communities, the state, and the nation as a whole. Meetings are held at the Dambar Steakhouse, 1960 E. Andy Devine Ave., with doors open at 11:00 a.m. and the program starts promptly at noon. There is a…

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Drug bust on Interstate 40

Large quantities of an assortment of drugs were seized following a Monday traffic stop on Interstate 40 in Kingman. Mohave County Sheriff’s office spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said an ADOT Enforcement Division K9 responded to the scene to assist deputies. “The K9 alerted to the presence of the odor of narcotics inside the vehicle,” Mortensen said. She said a thorough search of the vehicle produced the confiscation of 9.8 pounds of cocaine, 2.5 pounds of heroin and 1.3 pounds of packaged counterfeit oxycodone pills suspected of containing fentanyl. Mortensen said the driver of the vehicle, a Mexican citizen identified as Marco…

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MCC budget prioritizes student instruction, student support and infrastructure in 2020

The Mohave Community College Governing Board will meet on June 13 to vote on the 2019-2020 fiscal year budget. “The budget is balanced, with zero debt, and the vast majority will continue to be dedicated to instruction and student support,” said Interim MCC President Dr. Diana Stithem. The $45 million budget includes $34 million in direct support of classroom instruction, student support and local scholarships.  The college is looking at many classroom investments, including a $400,000 expansion of collaborative technology college-wide.  This would allow the college to offer more real-time interactive video classes, which benefit students who learn much better…

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Richer to speak at Republic luncheon

The Conservative Republican Club of Kingman will host guest speaker Stephen Richer of Phoenix on Monday, June 10 beginning at noon at the Dambar Steakhouse, 1960 E. Andy Devine. Richer is heading the Arizona Voting Integrity Project (the Republican Party project to combat voter fraud), and he is also going to be the opposition to Adrien Fontes, the Maricopa County Recorder. This meeting is open to the public, and admission is $3, with lunch optional and on your own.  No reservations are necessary. Membership in the club costs only $12. For further information call Dr. Schiff at 928-530-3637.

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Child drowning under investigation

A two year-old girl pulled from a residential swimming pool north of Lake Havasu City last Friday died two days later. The apparent drowning incident remains under investigation by the Mohave County Sheriff’s office. Agency spokeswoman Anita Mortensen identified the victim as Harley Netter. She said deputies responded to the 3000 block of Jennie Lane in Desert Hills where family members had pulled Netter from the pool after discovering her face down in the water. Netter was transported to Havasu Regional Medical Center and then flown to the Phoenix Children’s Hospital in extremely critical condition. She was pronounced dead at 10:25…

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