Category: Community News

There were 1,294 traffic fatalities across the state last year, an increase of 8.6% compared to 2021, according to the 2022 Arizona Motor Vehicle Crash Facts report. Figures show crashes associated with inappropriate speed and speeding accounted for a greater share of deaths and injuries, providing a sobering reminder for Arizonans to avoid such unsafe driving behaviors. Pedestrian, bicyclist and motorcyclist deaths all increased last year. Overall, the 2022 traffic fatality total is the second-highest ever recorded in Arizona and only slightly behind the 1,301 deaths recorded in 2006. The number of traffic fatalities in the state has gone up every…

 The Bullhead City School District (BCSD) and the Mohave County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) have announced the schedule for tuberculosis disease testing on Friday (August 11) at Diamondback Elementary School, 2550 Tesota Way. Testing is for students and employees who were potentially exposed from March through June of the 2022-2023 school year. Although parents or guardians must be present or provide a consent form for minors to be tested, MCDPH will not be testing family members at Friday’s clinic, which runs from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.  Schedules are staggered to minimize back-ups, but some delays may occur.  Please…

 The Bullhead City School District (BCSD) and the Mohave County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) have announced the schedule for tuberculosis disease testing on Friday (August 11) at Diamondback Elementary School, 2550 Tesota Way. Testing is for students and employees who were potentially exposed from March through June of the 2022-2023 school year. Although parents or guardians must be present or provide a consent form for minors to be tested, MCDPH will not be testing family members at Friday’s clinic, which runs from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.  Schedules are staggered to minimize back-ups, but some delays may occur.  Please…

BULLHEAD CITY – A collision between a tractor trailer truck and a primary distribution pole disrupted service for a portion of the Eastern Service area early Thursday morning. The crash occurred near mile marker 65 on I-40, just east of Kingman, at 12:33am on August 10. The heavy impact caused the pole to break. As a result, 1,113 MEC members in the Valle Vista community experienced an outage. MEC crews responded, replaced the broken pole, and made necessary repairs.  Power was restored to all affected by 6:37 am. Outage restoration is important to Mohave Electric Cooperative. Please remember, there are many…

KINGMAN – The Mohave County Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death of a man rescued from a tree he was cutting in the community of Pine Lake in the Hualapai Mountains. A Search and Rescue Facebook post said the 62-year-old man became unresponsive while strapped in his harness about 80 foot up a pine tree on Aug. 3. “Central Air Rescue Ranger 1 helicopter used their hoist to free him from the tree and lower him to the ground for medical evaluation,” the FB post said. “It was determined that he was deceased.” The man’s name was not…