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Vacation Bible School Cactusville event

Time for your kids to have a Yee-Haw of a time at “Cactusville” the best frontier in the west! Kids will learn about Jesus in a fun way with crafts, games, skits, and more! This free VBS session will run June 24 to the 29, from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. for kids ages 5-12. It will be located at 3180 N White Cliffs Rd. Kingman at the Kingman 7th –day Adventist Church. Adult supervision will be present at all times, and kids will only be able to be picked up by registered adults. To register, call 928-757-2614 or go to…

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Changes coming to Kingman EZ Recycling Program

Starting the week of June 24, the green recycling bins located around the city will be removed, centralizing recycling drop off to one location: Kingman Public Works, 3700 East Andy Devine Avenue. Beginning July 1, the new drop off hours will be: 7a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 7 a.m. to noon Saturday and Sunday. Constant load contamination has caused the city to make these changes to the Kingman EZ Recycling program. Public works members will now be on-hand to help people drop off the correct items for recycling. Acceptable items are: glass bottles, plastics #1 & #2 only,…

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MCC Nursing program ranked one of best in America

The Mohave Community College Registered Nursing program is one of the best in the country, according to new rankings compiled by the website RNCareers.org. “We rigorously evaluated 1,892 RN programs across the country on a number of factors important to nursing students,” said RNCareers.org representative and Registered Nurse Laura Jacobson. “We are pleased to announce that Mohave Community College is one of the best nursing schools in the nation with a grade of 94.28%.” Out of more than two dozen nursing programs in Arizona, the site ranks MCC among the top three. Two factors that helped push the college to the top of…

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WAHS may oversee shelter if conditions are met

A recent decision to transition the Western Arizona Humane Society (WAHS)-managed Kingman animal shelter to an in-house Mohave county operation will be revisited during Monday’s Board of Supervisors meeting. The reconsideration is prompted by new input from WAHS, which previously indicated it did not wish to continue running the shelter once its contract expires at the end of this month. WAHS Executive Director Patty Gilmore sent Board Chairman Hildy Angius and county manager Mike Hendrix a June 10 email indicating that the organization is interested in continuing to oversee the shelter, provided certain conditions are met. Gilmore noted that WAHS…

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Busting life jacket myths for dads

This Father’s Day, skip the necktie and give dad a life jacket. Over the past five years, five men have lost their lives at Lake Mead and Lake Mohave on Father’s Day Weekend. In all five of the accidents, none of the men were wearing a life jacket. “When we ask people why they don’t wear a life jacket, we hear the same answers over and over,” said Christie Vanover, park public affairs officer. “This Father’s Day, in an effort to break the pattern of visitor fatalities, we’re busting the myths.” Some of the popular excuses for not wearing a…

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