Category: Community News

The Route 66 Fun Run® is the largest and longest standing Route 66 rally in the world. The 2019 Run will take place May 3 to May 5 and this year marks the 32nd annual celebration. The Fun Run is not a timed race but a 140 mile pleasure cruise of classic and custom vehicles that traverse the Mother Road from Seligman, AZ to Topock/Golden Shores, AZ. The rally takes place over three days. Last year, 788 vehicles participated in the cruise from Seligman to Topock. The Fun Run means many things to many people. To the Historic Route 66 Association…

The City of Kingman received regulatory approvals from the Arizona State Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), and have started transitioning customers to the new main. Crews will continue to work on tie-ins the remainder of this week, and Sunday night April 28. Water outages are planned to occur at night and outside business hours, so we encourage people to still visit businesses in the work zones. Next week, crews will be completing miscellaneous concrete work, patching the road at tie-in points and removing the old fire hydrants. Additionally, crews will be restricting westbound Airway Avenue Sunday night to disconnect the old main…

CHLORIDE – Newly renovated Yesterday’s Restaurant and Shep’s Miner’s Inn is open for business. Rich in history, its main building was built to house a late 1800’s stage-coach repair and rest stop. A sometimes “watering-hole” for celebrities and a stepping-stone site for movie carriers of Jack Nicholson and Bruce Dern, Yesterday’s became a favored stopover for Mel Tillis, second singing home for Joe Feeney (Irish Tenor on Lawrence Welk), and starting place for Talent Quest, world’s largest Karaoke competition. Owner’s Dean and Dollie Kenedy, together with family members have re-modeled the popular restaurant and motel while at the same time…

CHLORIDE – A bi-annual all-town yard sale begins at 8 a.m. on Saturday May 4h, and ends when the last treasure hunter leaves town. Multitudes travel to this former mining town seizing upon amazing steals. This twice a year event is often described as a bargain hunter’s dream. Cars, machines, toys, guns, household supplies, antiques, you name it and it’s usually on display for sale. Gift shops also present amazingly reduced priced items. The well-known bake-sale, a culinary delight, begins 9 a.m. at the former gas station located at second and Tennessee Streets. Yesterday’s Restaurant is open at 8 a.m….