Category: Community News

GRAND CANYON – On Friday, July 3 at approximately 12:35 p.m., the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report of a visitor who fell from the rim west of Mather Point. Responding rangers located the body of Maria A. Salgado Lopez, 59, of Scottsdale, AZ approximately 100 ft. below the rim. Ms. Salgado Lopez had been hiking off trail and taking photographs with family when she accidentally stepped off the edge. An investigation into the incident is being conducted by the National Park Service and the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office. No additional information is available at this time….

KINGMAN – As summer begins, UniSource Energy Services is well prepared for the season’s soaring temperatures and powerful thunderstorms thanks to system upgrades that have strengthened the company’s local energy grids. System upgrades were prioritized in Mohave and Santa Cruz counties to ensure the most critical projects were completed in time to serve customers during hot summer weather. These improvements were designed to strengthen UniSource’s electric system and help reduce the frequency and duration of power outages. For example, crews recently completed an approximately $5 million upgrade of the Havasu Substation in Lake Havasu City, which included the replacement of…

BULLHEAD CITY – The Bullhead City Elementary School District has received State approval to resume free summer meals Monday (July 6) for another month.  The two drive-through grab-and-go meal locations will be at Desert Valley School on Marina Blvd. and Fox Creek Junior High School on Desert Sky Blvd., just off the Bullhead Parkway and Adobe Road. Meals will be available Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays through July 28 from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s free summer food service program is available to all children and teens 18 and under, including recent graduates. Monday meals will…