Category: Community News

The kitchen is the heart of the home especially during Thanksgiving. Entertaining friends and family with lots of other potential distractions are all factors that can contribute to the increased likelihood of home cooking fires. According to the NFPA, Thanksgiving is the peak day for home cooking fires, with more than three times the daily average for incidents. Unattended cooking was by far the leading contributing factor to these fires. Cooking causes half (53%) of all reported home fires and nearly two of every five (38%) home fire injuries, and it is a leading cause of home fire deaths(18%). The Bullhead City…

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave Community College is celebrating National First-Generation College Students Day. A first-generation (first-gen) college student is someone who is the first in their family to attend a higher education institution. At MCC, more than 70% of students are first-generation college students, and many of the College employees were also first-gen.   Students like Le Ann Flores Gomez, Lake Havasu City Campus, and Martha Aguilar, Kingman Campus, are first-generation students. Aguilar is double majoring in chemistry and mathematics, and has been attending MCC since 2022. She decided to attend MCC because she realized her family sacrificed a lot for her to…

KINGMAN – Thunder-Rode Motorcycle Accessories is once again a drop-off location for the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program.  The mission of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys during November and December each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to underprivileged children in the community in which the campaign is conducted.  Thunder-Rode was awarded the 2021 U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Commander’s Award for its donations to the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots Program.  The Commander’s Award is presented to acknowledge the outstanding support of those whose…

National Adoption day is celebrated every November.  It is to raise awareness for more than 113,000 children waiting to be adopted from foster care in the United States. Here in Arizona we have almost 1500 children in foster care. This year with the combined efforts of CASA,  Powerhouse Kiwanis, Card in your Yard, Mohave County Superior Courts and our honorable Judges we celebrated almost 20 families in this joyous event