Category: Community News

KINGMAN, Ariz. – The Kingman Office of Tourism is hosting an inaugural lighting ceremony for a new neon sign located on Andy Devine Avenue the evening of February 9, 2024. As part of the event, the block of Andy Devine Avenue between 1st Street and 2nd Street will be closed to traffic between 3pm and 9pm. A temporary stop sign will be located just before the closure at 2nd Street, for traffic heading west on Andy Devine Avenue. A detour route will be in place up 1st Street for vehicular traffic heading east and up 2nd Street for traffic heading west. All traffic will be directed around…

Water and its availability are on just about everyone’s mind especially because Lake Mead is almost at critical levels. The Colorado River, that feeds Lake Mead, provides water to eight states, in addition to Mexico. These states are divided into two regions: the Upper Basin and the Lower Basin. The Upper Basin includes Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. The Lower Basin includes Arizona, California, and Nevada, and Mexico. Arizona state officials say that 1 in 20 wells in the Hualapai Valley Basin around Kingman would no longer produce in 100 years if the current rate of pumping continues. The…

Water and its availability are on just about everyone’s mind especially because Lake Mead is almost at critical levels. The Colorado River, that feeds Lake Mead, provides water to eight states, in addition to Mexico. These states are divided into two regions: the Upper Basin and the Lower Basin. The Upper Basin includes Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. The Lower Basin includes Arizona, California, and Nevada, and Mexico. Arizona state officials say that 1 in 20 wells in the Hualapai Valley Basin around Kingman would no longer produce in 100 years if the current rate of pumping continues. The…

Kingman military historian and instructor Tom Saluzzo, recently gave a presentation at the Mohave Community College Beale Street Center: “V Was For Victory – The American Homefront During WWII.” For future military related presentations by Tom, check out the MCC Community & Corporate Education (Life & Leisure) section of their webpage. In addition to being an MCC instructor, Tom sits on the board of directors at Mohave Museum Of History & Arts. To see some of Tom’s extensive military memorabilia collection, check out the wall space located at and sponsored by Pawn World II on Northern Avenue in Kingman.  (Photo…