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Registration for the 2025 Master Gardener Training Course is now open

Pam Wanner2 years ago2 years ago1 mins

BULLHEAD CITY – This course provides research-based horticulture information you can use as a Master Gardener volunteer or to become a more successful gardener in your own backyard! Topics include soils, basic botany, irrigation, landscape design, composting, plant propagation, basic ecology, vegetables, stake and prune trees/shrubs, citrus trees, native plants, entomology, pest management, and plant diseases.

The 13-week course will run from January 16 to April 17, 2025 and will be held on Thursday mornings from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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I-40/US 93 interchange starts taking shape in Kingman

Pam Wanner2 years ago2 years ago3 mins

KINGMAN – A project to construct a free-flowing interchange between Interstate 40 and US 93 is quickly transforming the landscape along I-40 in this northwest Arizona community, with crews clearing land for new travel lanes, removing sound walls and preparing the foundations for new bridges.
This progress comes six months into the Arizona Department of Transportation’s $106 million project to eliminate delays that can occur for passenger and truck traffic on the main route between Las Vegas and Arizona. Instead of traffic stopping for a traffic signal on Beale Street at I-40,

Expect overnight lane restrictions on northbound US 93 near Wikieup Dec. 15 – 23

Pam Wanner2 years ago2 years ago1 mins

Drivers should be prepared for brief delays

The Arizona Department of Transportation advises motorists traveling on northbound US 93 near Wikieup to plan for the following overnight lane restrictions for the removal and replacement of guardrail:

* Northbound US 93 will be intermittently narrowed to one lane along a 2-mile segment between mileposts 107 and 109) from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, through Monday, Dec. 23.

New homeless service will be mobile

Pam Wanner2 years ago2 years ago2 mins

KINGMAN – A Kingman community outreach program administered by the Northern Lights Ministry is working to serve the homeless in innovative fashion. The Acts of Kindness endeavor is building a flatbed trailer that will deliver essential service to those in need.

“We’re building a mobile shower trailer. This mobile shower trailer’s going to have four shower stalls. It’s going to have one laundry unit. It will be mobile and it will go out to different locations where the homeless are,” said congregation member Robbie Stiles.

21st Annual Free Community Dinner slated

Pam Wanner2 years ago2 years ago2 mins

LAKE HAVASU CITY – The entire community is cordially invited to attend the 21st Annual Free Community Dinner on Friday, December 13, at the Aquatic/Community Center. The event offers two different serving times again: Early Bird serving at 4:00 p.m. (doors open at 3:30) and the second serving at 6:00 p.m. (doors open at 5:45 p.m.). Both servings are first come, first served, with up to 500 people per seating. This dinner, hosted by the community for the community, provides a relaxed atmosphere to share a traditional holiday feast with family, friends, neighbors, and anyone who just wants a dose of great community spirit. Thanks to numerous volunteers, donors, and local business…

Boom Box Parade; A Bullhead tradition

Pam Wanner2 years ago2 years ago2 mins

BULLHEAD CITY – “Celebration in a Snow Globe” was the theme for Friday’s 26th Annual Boombox Parade hosted by Colorado River Women’s Council.

Hundreds of Bullhead City residents lined Hancock Road in Bullhead City last Friday evening starting at 6pm for the 26th Annual Boombox Parade, an oddly named celebration of the season started 26 years ago by the Council and carried on as Bullhead tradition ever since.

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Registration for the 2025 Master Gardener Training Course is now open

I-40/US 93 interchange starts taking shape in Kingman

Expect overnight lane restrictions on northbound US 93 near Wikieup Dec. 15 – 23

New homeless service will be mobile

21st Annual Free Community Dinner slated

Boom Box Parade; A Bullhead tradition

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