Category: Community News

LAKE HAVASU CITY – If by chance you were born in Lake Havasu within the past 30 years, you might be one that doesn’t remember summer vacations spent at the lake. Furthermore, how well does the next generation know the lake? When two residents investigated the situation, their findings came as quite a shock.   They surveyed natives of Lake Havasu and were astonished to discover that the once popular recreational activity had become a thing of the past. They’ve created a local nonprofit with plans to change all of this with their Kids on the Colorado Incorporated organization. It was in the year 2021,…

KSS Taco Bell, a Kingman-based traveling senior softball team, won its first tournament of the year at Rotary Park in Bullhead City over the weekend. The Kingman Senior Softball (KSS) squad won all five games to claim the 60 AAA division at the annual Top Gun Winter Classic. KSS opened with an 18-16 defeat of the Jokers from California, followed by a 14-13 win over the Boys of Summerlin from Nevada on Friday. KSS won its first bracket game with a lopsided win over Tucson-based Hammertime 18-1.  KSS beat the California based Weekend Warriors twice on Saturday; 15-10 and 14-13…

KSS Taco Bell, a Kingman-based traveling senior softball team, won its first tournament of the year at Rotary Park in Bullhead City over the weekend. The Kingman Senior Softball (KSS) squad won all five games to claim the 60 AAA division at the annual Top Gun Winter Classic. KSS opened with an 18-16 defeat of the Jokers from California, followed by a 14-13 win over the Boys of Summerlin from Nevada on Friday. KSS won its first bracket game with a lopsided win over Tucson-based Hammertime 18-1.  KSS beat the California based Weekend Warriors twice on Saturday; 15-10 and 14-13…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Explore unique craftsmanship of beautifully handmade quilts at this year’s Bridge of Freedom Quilt Show. The Havasu Stitchers club was formed in 1992 with only 31 members. The group was formed for passionate quilt makers wanting to meet other like-minded individuals all in the name of patterns, textiles, and quilting techniques.  Back then, the club became a chapter affiliated with the  Arizona Quilters Guild in Phoenix, Arizona. Since then, the group’s membership has expanded to 177 members. Previously, the nonprofit group has participated in annual occasions like Balloon Fest and Winter Fest.   The club is also continuously active in community outreach….

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Explore unique craftsmanship of beautifully handmade quilts at this year’s Bridge of Freedom Quilt Show. The Havasu Stitchers club was formed in 1992 with only 31 members. The group was formed for passionate quilt makers wanting to meet other like-minded individuals all in the name of patterns, textiles, and quilting techniques.  Back then, the club became a chapter affiliated with the  Arizona Quilters Guild in Phoenix, Arizona. Since then, the group’s membership has expanded to 177 members. Previously, the nonprofit group has participated in annual occasions like Balloon Fest and Winter Fest.   The club is also continuously active in community outreach….

MOHAVE COUNTY – In-person early voters will enjoy brand new voting booths when they mark their ballots in the upcoming Presidential Preference election in Mohave County. Recorder Lydia Durst said 16 of the booths have been purchased from some $32,000 in Help America Vote Act grant funds made available to her office. Durst said each of the new Franklin four-station voting booths can accommodate up to four voters at once, as opposed to the smaller single voter booths that have been in use for years. “They are four-in-one stations,” Durst said. “There’s three stations that are to the height of…