Category: Community News

MOHAVE COUNTY – A tidal wave of money from the $1.9-trillion COVID-19 relief package is sloshing across the country to state and local government and numerous other entities. Billions of dollars will flow into Arizona. Dist. 2 Sup. Hildy Angius said $1.3 billion alone, is being funneled to the state’s 15 counties. “Mohave County is set to receive $41.5-million,” Angius said during a recent Board of Supervisors meeting. “It basically can be used for anything except lobbying and that means for people, for citizens, for counties. We have a lot of talking to do about this.” County Manager Sam Elters…

MOHAVE COUNTY – The viability of multi-billion-dollar solar powered data center planned south of Kingman off of Interstate 40 was discussed during the March 15 Mohave County Board of Supervisors meeting in Kingman. The Pegasus Group in June, 2019 said it would develop phase one of its project within six months. The project proposed in the Griffith Energy Industrial corridor south of Kingman never got off the ground before a second phase was announced in Dec., 2019. The county pledged upgrade of a section of Apache Road near the proposed project, but Dist. 5 Sup. Ron Gould opposed award of…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Lake Havasu City is conducting a citizen survey to ask residents for their ideas and opinions about the City.  The results of the survey will help the City identify what they are doing well and where they need to improve, in order to meet the needs of citizens.  8,000 households will receive invitations in the mail, starting the week of March 22, asking them to participate in the survey. The survey includes questions about quality of life in the community, local policies, demographics, and resident satisfaction with City services. “We greatly appreciate our residents who take…

MOHAVE COUNTY – Dr. Andra Goldberg, Mohave Community College’s Computer Information Systems faculty member was chosen to present at The Adult Higher Education Alliance 45th Annual Conference Friday, March 12.   The Adult Higher Education Alliance purpose is to help institutions of higher education develop and sustain learning environments and programs for suitable adults.  Dr. Goldberg’s presentation, “Not Buy the Book! The Challenges and Rewards of Achieving Course Outcomes with Open Educational Resources (OER) Materials” is about her experience developing free and low-cost course materials for college courses. Open Educational Resources are free or low-cost course materials for classes.  “I’m honored…