Category: Community News

Quagga mussels have infested the southwestern United States after being first identified in Lake Mead in 2007. Since then the species has spread throughout the Colorado River, from Lake Powell to Imperial Dam. To help inform control and management strategies, Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently published a scientific paper “Patterns of Genetic Structure Among Invasive Southwestern United States Quagga Mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) Populations” in The Southwestern Naturalist.  “The intended results of control measures may be impacted by the information learned from this study on population genetic structure,” co-author Sherri Pucherelli said. “While we learned a…

The City of Kingman would like to invite the public to an informational workshop regarding the Kingman Municipal Airport’s ongoing master plan. The workshop will take place Tuesday, June 11, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at the Kingman Airport Administration Building, 7000 Flightline Dr. This will be an open-house format, so attendees are welcome to drop in at any time. Residents can view the current master plan at http://kingman.airportstudy.com/.

The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Program has had a direct impact on the “war” on illegal drugs since September 2017 when the program was reinstituted by Sheriff Doug Schuster. The teams have been called out 160 times, conducted 59 drug sniffs – 57 of those calls ended in arrests and $95,102 cash was seized. The handler/k-9 teams were instrumental in seizing: 1,051 pounds of marijuana with a street value of $2,180,000; 9.5 pounds of methamphetamine with a street value of $2,610; 5.24 ounces of heroin with a street value of $10,430; 820 THC (marijuana) vape pens with a street…