Category: Community News

BULLHEAD CITY – Join Phoenix Truck Driving School and Mohave Community College for an open house to introduce their new evening truck driving classes. Enjoy free food, drink and the opportunity to learn more about the new classes. Classes take four weeks and after graduation job placement assistance is available. Multiple financing options available including grants are available for students. Open house will be held on Tuesday, July 27 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Mohave Community College – Bullhead Campus located at 3400 Highway 95, Room 600. Phoenix Truck Driving School Phoenix Truck Driving School is a corporation…

BULLHEAD CITY  – Severe lightning storms with high winds caused scattered outages in Mohave Electric Cooperative’s service territory early Tuesday morning. MEC crews responded to ten separate outages beginning at 1:15 a.m. An outage in MEC’s eastern service area resulted in 2,546 MEC members without power due to storm damage to a pole ground wire. The outage occurred at 6:43 a.m. Crews responded and made repairs restoring power was at 8:07 a.m. Another storm-related outage near Bullhead City Airport, resulted in 582 MEC members without power. Manager of Engineering & Operations, Jerry Hardy stated, “Although we can’t control the weather,…

KINGMAN – The recently adopted $272.5 million city budget was the main topic on Monday, July 5 when Mayor Jen Miles spoke to the KRW (Kingman Republican Women). Mayor Miles advised the group that the budget was approved (in an online meeting) on June 28 after six months of process. She explained that the city begins early in the year with strategic planning sessions to identify priorities and goals. While the budget is very long and detailed, Miles said that very shortly the city will issue a “citizen’s ledger” which will summarize the budget and it will be on the…

KINGMAN – The recently adopted $272.5 million city budget was the main topic on Monday, July 5 when Mayor Jen Miles spoke to the KRW (Kingman Republican Women). Mayor Miles advised the group that the budget was approved (in an online meeting) on June 28 after six months of process. She explained that the city begins early in the year with strategic planning sessions to identify priorities and goals. While the budget is very long and detailed, Miles said that very shortly the city will issue a “citizen’s ledger” which will summarize the budget and it will be on the…

BULLHEAD CITY  – Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) marks the 1,000th solar residential installation milestone for the SunWatts Renewable Energy Rebate Program. This also marks the 100th solar residential installation for 2021. The 17,600-watt solar system was completed three months after the Bullhead City member submitted the SunWatts application and will produce an average of 26,000 kWh per year. A rebate of $880 was presented to the MEC member on July 6. “Members have the flexibility of selecting a solar installer to help them choose the size and type of system that fits their needs,” said Steve Bouman, Energy Management Specialist. “We recommend…