Category: Community News

KINGMAN – The streetscaping project underway in downtown Kingman poses a challenge for the upcoming annual Andy Devine Days parade. Phase 1 of the $7-million infrastructure upgrade occupies a prime portion of the parade route between Second and Third Sts., on Beale St., between Pawn World and the Circle K store. The Parks and Recreation Department has historically been in charge of the parade. Recreation Superintendent Yvonne Cossio said she and Assistant Public Works Director Jack Plaunty were unsuccessful in resolving the conflict between the project and parade. “He and I looked at it and said `what if we did this and…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Jet Jam Racing is making a comeback this year. The excitement is being built as the lively sport is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 16 and 17 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Lake Havasu State Park. Anderson Power Sports along with Jet Sports Boating Association (JSBA) will be in collaboration with promotors Monte Hughes and Ross Wallach. Jet Jam Promoter and Director Monte Hughes has been promoting the event for past four years and is still going strong.  Previously, Hughes has promoted motocross and watercraft in the Pacific Northwest for several years. He was…

PARKER – Impairment is suspected in a deadly Labor Day weekend traffic accident in the Colorado River community of Parker. Emergency service personnel responded at about 3:30 p.m. on Sunday to the incident in the area of California Ave. and Riverside Dr. Police Chief Mike Bailey says Karan Singh was northbound on California Ave. when the commercial truck he was operating struck three passenger vehicles stopped at a red light at the Riverside Dr. intersection. He said all three smaller vehicles were pushed through the intersection and into the parking lot of a Terrible Herbst gas station. “The commercial vehicle…

PARKER – Impairment is suspected in a deadly Labor Day weekend traffic accident in the Colorado River community of Parker. Emergency service personnel responded at about 3:30 p.m. on Sunday to the incident in the area of California Ave. and Riverside Dr. Police Chief Mike Bailey says Karan Singh was northbound on California Ave. when the commercial truck he was operating struck three passenger vehicles stopped at a red light at the Riverside Dr. intersection. He said all three smaller vehicles were pushed through the intersection and into the parking lot of a Terrible Herbst gas station. “The commercial vehicle…