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MEC members without power along Colorado River

BULLHEAD CITY  – On Tuesday, July 15, at 7:33 a.m., 542 Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members experienced an outage due to a damaged connector after strong stormy winds. Crews responded by de-energizing the line to make repairs. Once repairs were completed, the line was re-energized, and power was restored to all members at 9:53 a.m. The outage affected members north of Marina Blvd. and south of Church Street of Bullhead City. Manager of Engineering & Operations, Jerry Hardy stated, “Monsoon season has begun, and wind can be one of the largest effects on our system. When trees, awnings, or other…

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Local church opens 22,000 sq. ft. Community Center

KINGMAN – The slow crawl out of the pandemic has halted more than a few projects in the community and the last year’s social distancing has people ready to get out and begin to mingle. Collage Park Baptist Church, being amongst the group of projects, finally opened the doors to its brand new community Center. A 22,000 square foot gymnasium topped with an entire floor of classrooms and conference centers as well as a full commercial kitchen and prep kitchen. The building sports a gymnasium and stage. With its modern sound system and soon-to-be stage lights in place, the College…

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Cobb entering state race

KINGMAN – A Kingman republican who will be term limited out of the Arizona State House of Representatives late next year is seeking state office. District 5 rep. Regina Cobb is running for Arizona State Treasurer. “I’m going to be establishing an exploratory campaign committee today,” Cobb said Tuesday morning. Cobb said the purpose of the committee is to build campaign platform and fundraising strategy rather than measure the viability of her bid for state office. Cobb said District 2 Mohave County supervisor Hildy Angius will spearhead her campaign in northwest Arizona. She said she is building a team to…

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WestCare approved to receive $1 million of ARPA funds

MOHAVE COUNTY – District 2 Mohave County supervisor Hildy Angius has earned board approval to use coronavirus pandemic relief funds to help addicts recover and rehabilitate in Bullhead City. The county is receiving about $41.5million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, and the board decided in April that each supervisor would take a lead role in determining how to spend a little more than $8million in each of the five county districts. “It is not a secret that my passion is recovery for addicts and alcoholics and all who struggle with addiction, particularly women,” Angius said. She said more services are needed…

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WestCare approved to receive $1 million of ARPA funds

MOHAVE COUNTY – District 2 Mohave County supervisor Hildy Angius has earned board approval to use coronavirus pandemic relief funds to help addicts recover and rehabilitate in Bullhead City. The county is receiving about $41.5million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, and the board decided in April that each supervisor would take a lead role in determining how to spend a little more than $8million in each of the five county districts. “It is not a secret that my passion is recovery for addicts and alcoholics and all who struggle with addiction, particularly women,” Angius said. She said more services are needed…

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First-of-its-kind endeavor in Arizona, MEC and TWN celebrate 1st fiber optic broadband connections

BULLHEAD CITY – Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC), TWN Communications (TWN), state and local elected officials, along with community members came together on July 15, to commemorate the first fiber broadband connections. In a first-of-its-kind endeavor for an electric cooperative in Arizona, MEC is building a fiber-optic network to enhance electric operations and provide fast, reliable broadband service for each MEC member,  a service territory consisting of 36,000 members / 42,500 end points. “Our members and electeds insisted MEC take on this challenge,” said MEC CEO Tyler Carlson. “MEC was formed by our early members when investor-owned utilities would not provide…

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