Category: Community News

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave County supervisors expressed dissatisfaction with the state of the nation before rejecting a second round of Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) funding during Monday’s Board of Supervisors meeting in Kingman. Dist. 5 Sup. Ron Gould said the American work ethic is being undermined because the country is “run by communists, apparently.” He said the federal government has gone overboard with pandemic relief funds, nurturing an environment where many would rather collect welfare subsidy than “flip hamburgers’’ for $15 an hour. “There’s a big problem getting people to go back to work. We’ve now created basic, universal income where people can sit on their…

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave County supervisors expressed dissatisfaction with the state of the nation before rejecting a second round of Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) funding during Monday’s Board of Supervisors meeting in Kingman. Dist. 5 Sup. Ron Gould said the American work ethic is being undermined because the country is “run by communists, apparently.” He said the federal government has gone overboard with pandemic relief funds, nurturing an environment where many would rather collect welfare subsidy than “flip hamburgers’’ for $15 an hour. “There’s a big problem getting people to go back to work. We’ve now created basic, universal income where people can sit on their…

KINGMAN – The June meeting of the Conservative Republican Club of Kingman will be Monday, June 14 (Flag Day) at 11:15 a.m. at the BPO Elks, 900 Gates Avenue.  The first speaker for the event will be Jess Mears, who is from Virginia and with Americans for Prosperity, one of the premier think tanks in the United States.  She will be talking about the importance and the use of the filibuster – right now the filibuster what is standing in the way of the Democrats taking your guns, taking your money, and fixing elections so they never ever again lose…

MOHAVE COUNTY – Members of the Board of Supervisors have a better understanding of what they can and can’t do with the $41.5-million of COVID-19 relief funds that the federal government is providing Mohave County through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). County Manager Sam Elters told the board Monday that the U.S. Treasury Dept. has provided interim guidelines governing expenditures that will be finalized in August. Elters spent ten minutes detailing expenditures allowed and prohibited under the interim guidelines. He said the funds can be used for: *supporting public health response *addressing negative economic impacts *serving the hardest hit communities and families…

MOHAVE COUNTY – Members of the Board of Supervisors have a better understanding of what they can and can’t do with the $41.5-million of COVID-19 relief funds that the federal government is providing Mohave County through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). County Manager Sam Elters told the board Monday that the U.S. Treasury Dept. has provided interim guidelines governing expenditures that will be finalized in August. Elters spent ten minutes detailing expenditures allowed and prohibited under the interim guidelines. He said the funds can be used for: *supporting public health response *addressing negative economic impacts *serving the hardest hit communities and families…

MOHAVE COUNTY  – Mohave County is among the beneficiaries as the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced more than $5.6 million in Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) Demonstration program grants to help seven states make the most of limited resources. The program allows states to bring projects to fruition in a more cost-effective way by using innovative practices. Alabama, Arizona, Michigan, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Dakota and Utah will receive money for their respective projects. Mohave County and its ADOT partner will receive $448,300 in grant funds and the County will use Composite Arch Bridge System (CABS)…