Category: Community News

LAKE HAVASU CITY – The International Order of the Rainbow for Girls in Arizona is empowering the young women of the Lake Havasu community.  Last week, the nonprofit group hosted a charitable Bunco Fundraiser.  The event took place on Monday May 13th at 6pm at the Aquatic Center.The history of this youth service organization dates all the way back to 1922 with Reverend W. Mark Sexson.   Sexson was a Freemason of McAlester, Oklahoma who worked closely with DeMolay International, the fraternal organization for young men ages twelve to twenty one that came to be in 1919.  Sexson thought that a…

Alexis Carpenter of Fort Mohave was named to the University of Evansville Dean’s List for the Spring 2024 semester. Students at UE are named to the Dean’s List every fall and spring semester. To merit the honor of being placed on the Dean’s List, a student must have carried a full academic load of 12 hours or more and have earned a grade point average of 3.5 or above.

KINGMAN – On Saturday, May 18 the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 765 held their annual Young Eagles event at the Kingman airport. In total four pilots with a like number of aircraft gave 42 kids from ages 8 to 17 a free airplane ride during the nearly five hour long event. Despite it being a workday, this write was able to get to the event and meet up with some of the participants. First was Dave Amspoker, vice president and Young Eagle coordinator for Chapter 765. Amspoker was also one of the pilots and explained the whole event. The…

KINGMAN – The Mohave County Animal Shelter is filled to capacity with beautiful dogs who would love nothingmore than to be adopted into a loving home.We have had more than usual incoming due to owner surrenders, abandonment, unclaimed straysand hoarding situations, and we need our animal loving community to come bring an animal home sothere is room for more.We have dogs of assorted ages and sizes perfect to be your new furever companion! And we havebeautiful cats too!We are hosting a “Clear the Shelter” event this Friday 5/24 and Saturday 5/25 10:00AM – 2:00 PM atour brand new location. To…

Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) congratulates the following students on being named to the Winter 2024 Dean’s List. The winter terms run from January to May: Ally Hartman of Kingman, Jennifer Lee of Lake Havasu City, and Amber Berg of Kingman. T the following students have been named to the Winter 2024 President’s List. The winter terms run from January to May: Rachel Skommesa of Kingman, Molly Freeman of Kingman, Tiana Dyer of Lake Havasu City, Kari Krantz of Lake Havasu City, Meagan Turner of Lake Havasu City, April Garner of Kingman, Laura Roberts of Bullhead City, Faith Leatherman of Bullhead…