Category: Community News

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mosquito surveillance conducted this week in Mohave Valley by the Mohave County Environmental Health Division (MCEHD) revealed the following locations that met the protocol to conduct fogging.  (The MCEHD uses the CDC’s recommended matrix as a guide of when to fog.) FOGGING: Adult mosquito control application will begin on Friday evening September 11 around 8:00 pm, weather permitting. Baron Pest Control was awarded the contract to provide fogging services within Mohave County and will be conducting the ground fogging application. Areas in Mohave Valley to fog include: ·       South of Courtwright Rd to Cheyenne Drive and east and…

MOHAVE COUNTY – The Mohave County Health Department (MCDPH) Nursing staff has been notified of 10 new confirmed COVID-19 cases reported today. There was also one new death reported. The death comes from a previously reported case, an 80-89 person in the Kingman service area. Of the 10 new confirmed cases, 6 are in the Bullhead City service area. Two are in the Kingman service area. There are also 2 cases in the Lake Havasu City service area. Of the 6 Bullhead City area cases, 5 remain under investigation. Two of those are 40-49 and three are 60-69. The final…

GRAND CANYON – On September 4, in cooperation with the InterTribal Buffalo Council, Kaibab National Forest, and Arizona Game and Fish Department, National Park Service (NPS) staff successfully relocated 57 bison from the North Rim. All bison were transferred to the InterTribal Buffalo Council, who successfully transported them to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (Kans.), Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe (S. Dak.), Santee Sioux Tribe (Nebr.), and Modoc Nation (Okla.). Eleven additional bison were outfitted with tracking collars and released during the corralling process. The collaring was conducted in partnership with the U.S. Geological Service in order for park wildlife biologists…

GRAND CANYON – On September 4, in cooperation with the InterTribal Buffalo Council, Kaibab National Forest, and Arizona Game and Fish Department, National Park Service (NPS) staff successfully relocated 57 bison from the North Rim. All bison were transferred to the InterTribal Buffalo Council, who successfully transported them to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (Kans.), Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe (S. Dak.), Santee Sioux Tribe (Nebr.), and Modoc Nation (Okla.). Eleven additional bison were outfitted with tracking collars and released during the corralling process. The collaring was conducted in partnership with the U.S. Geological Service in order for park wildlife biologists…

MOHAVE COUNTY –The Mohave Community College fall semester is off to an exciting start with several virtual events for the 3,570 students enrolled in remote and online courses, along with on campus labs. The college is also currently enrolling students in classes that are 12 and eight weeks long versus the traditional 16 week courses. Dr. Trever Holland, MCC English instructor is glad to be back to teaching and having fun with his students in remote and online classes.  “It’s been wonderful to be back and work with students, and our Zoom classrooms really do mirror that ‘in classroom’ environment…

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave County Supervisors got through Tuesday’s COVID-19 management discussion in less than 7-minutes without any of the debate over policy and data that has bogged down previous deliberation of pandemic-related topics. Department of Public Health Director Denise Burley said mass testing of hundreds of inmates at the privately operated state prison in Golden Valley went better than expected. There had been concern that COVID-19 spread among inmates could drive up the case positivity rate in Mohave County. Burley told board members that she didn’t have specific statistics at the ready, but that the county positivity rate will…