Category: Community News

MOHAVE COUNTY – At their board meeting on Tuesday, the Mohave County Board of Supervisors in a 3-2 decision, voted to not extend the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) contract that is linked to the CDC’s Bridge Access Program.  According to Supervisor Buster Johnson, who voted in favor of extending the contract, the motion to deny the extension will mean an end to all immunizations once undertaken by the County’s health department.  “I understand the majority of the Board voted this down due to the extension giving us additional funding to administer the COVID-19 vaccines to underinsured individuals; however,…

Mullen-Lamb receives 40-year pin KINGMAN – On Wednesday January 17, the local Fraternal Order of Police (FOP)  Mohave Lodge #16 held an installation and awards dinner at the Hualapai Mountain Resort. Newly elected officers were recognized with pins for the office held.  Additionally, two officers received longevity pins. Pat Mullen-Lamb, who is a Lifetime Member of the Lodge, received her 40-year pin. She has served continuously for 44 years and 10 months, just short of 45 years and holds the record of being the longest serving officer in the Lodge.  She graduated from ALETA (Arizona Law Enforcement Training Academy) in…

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave County will crown its 2024 spelling bee champion Friday night, Jan. 26. Some 27 fourth through eighth graders have qualified for the competition by winning their elementary school spelling bees to advance to the county finals. 2023 champion Ethan Knudson from Colorado City, now an eighth grader, is back to defend his title representing the Masada Charter School. Knudson participated three consecutive years before claiming the title last year when he correctly spelled “lasconic.” “That kid is amazing,” said Mohave County School Superintendent Mike File. He considers Knudson to be the favorite in what will be File’s 40th and…

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…