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FT. MOHAVE, Ariz. – Samantha Adams of Fort

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No injuries in Havasu house fire

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. – Fire heavily damaged

First Friday takes it inside for August Nights

KINGMAN, Ariz. – First Friday on Beale Street

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PHOENIX, Ariz. – An Arizona Attorney General’s Office

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BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. – The National Weather Service

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Arizona Teachers Receive $1.25 Million Through Palo Verde Fiesta Bowl Charities Wishes for Teachers Draft Day Presented by SRP

MOHAVE COUNTY –  Extending the impact of Arizona’s most robust teacher support program, Fiesta Bowl Charities granted the classroom wish of 500 teachers for $2,500 each during the Palo Verde Fiesta Bowl Charities Wishes for Teachers Draft Day presented by SRP. This year’s recipients include 20 Mohave County teachers. 

For the second straight year, the Wishes for Teachers program drew record interest, topping 4,000 applications from Arizona teachers, coaches and school staff, including from 14 new cities this year. The $1.25 million in donations will be distributed to 84 cities and towns across Arizona, impacting 237,737 students.

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Weekly line dancing lessons available

LAKE HAVASU CITY – It’s time to dance and sway your way into the holiday season with lessons from the Marsh Dance Studio. Owned by highly trained performer Alice Marsh, the Lake Havasu dance instructor has been teaching the community how to dance to the beat for 53 years.   

As a teen, Marsh took dance courses from two very prestigious dance studios.  Arthur Murray International and Fred Astaire Studios in Phoenix, Arizona.  At Fred Astaire Studios, the then 13-year-old, was caught off guard when she came to the realization that she had been dancing with a living legend.

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Cookie Crawl on Gingerbread Lane

KINGMAN – The Kingman Area Chamber of Commerce will host “Crawl on Gingerbread Lane” Cookie Crawl on Saturday, Dec. 14. The event will have you crawling from business to business in Historic downtown Kingman along the newly renovated Beale Street.

Cookie container and passport pickup: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Kingman Area Chamber of Commerce,

309 E Beale St. Cookie Crawl: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cash prize raffle drawing for completed passports.

Tickets  are $25 at the Chamber in person or online at https://kingmanchamber.com/. Call 928-753-6253 for more information.

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