Category: Community News

Contemplation of extending a quarter cent sales tax that is scheduled to sunset at the end of this December was swiftly nixed during Monday’s Mohave County Board of Supervisors meeting in Kingman. Giving the 20-year tax approved by a previous board in 1999 new life would have required a unanimous vote of the board.    “I’m not interested in extending the sales tax,” board member Ron Gould said. “When you levy a tax and you tell people it’s going to end it needs to end.”     Gould said that it would be “disingenuous” to extend the tax when a previous board promised…

The Arizona Game and Fish Commission is proposing to adopt a rule that would prohibit using any lethal method of take during a hunting contest for predatory and fur-bearing animals, as defined under Arizona Revised Statutes 17-101. In a public meeting March 15, the commission unanimously approved a Notice of Rulemaking Docket Opening and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (also posted at www.azgfd.gov/rulemaking). The Notice will be published in the Arizona Administrative Register opening a 30-day comment period for the public to provide feedback. All public comments received from April 12 to May 12 will become part of the official record for this proposed rulemaking….

A gigantic Friends of the Library book sale will be held indoors at the Mohave County Fairgrounds, 2600 Fairgrounds Ave., Kingman.  The sale will be open to the public Friday and Saturday, May 10 and May 11, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Charge cards will be accepted. Members will receive a 10% discount Friday, and a 20% discount Saturday.  (Non-members can join upon entry.) The entire storage inventory will be available for selection of new and used books for all ages including large print, magazines, CDs, and DVDs. All proceeds will go to benefit the Mohave County Library Kingman Branch.  Panda Express…