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Mohave Valley Area Spraying This Thursday

MOHAVE VALLEY – Mosquito surveillance that was conducted this week in Mohave Valley by the Mohave County Environmental Health Division (MCEHD) revealed the following locations meet the protocol to conduct fogging. The MCEHD uses the CDC’s recommended matrix as a guide regarding when to fog. FOGGING: Adult mosquito control application will begin this Thursday evening September 3 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 Willow Road to Laguna Road and…

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Airway Avenue restrictions beginning

KINGMAN – The McCon Building Corporation will be restricting some lanes overnight on Airway Avenue between Van Nuys Road and Stockton Hill Rd. beginning Thursday, September 3, and Friday, September 4; the restrictions will last from 7:00 p.m. through 7:00a.m. McCon will then stop work over the Labor Day weekend holiday, and pick up Tuesday, September 8 through Friday September 11; the restrictions will take place during the same timeframe: 7:00 p.m. through 7:00a.m. This is for utility work for the new Culver’s Restaurant on Airway Ave. If you have any questions, the contact for the McCon Building Corporation is Justin…

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Cobb says lose the masks

KINGMAN – Local state representative Regina Cobb is urging Kingman Mayor Jen Miles to rescind the COVID-19 mask mandate that has been extended to the end of this year. Cobb used her Facebook page to post her view that the face covering requirement forces Kingman residents to live under the thumb of government overreach. “I will not sit idly by and allow out government to issue an edict that I believe violates our Constitutional rights and personal freedoms,” Cobb’s post said. “I am in the process of exploring all possible legal options to reverse the mask mandate. The people of…

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COVID-19 update: Numbers continue to decrease countywide

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Reclamation lowers Lake Mohave water level to aid with annual razorback sucker harvest

BOULDER CITY, Nev. — The Bureau of Reclamation will begin lowering water levels in Lake Mohave on September 1 to aid in harvesting razorback suckers (Xyrauchen texanus) from lakeside rearing ponds. The fish is an endangered species native to the Colorado River. The drawdown is part of annual river operations which are timed to coincide with conservation activities for the fish. Lake Mohave will steadily lower from its current elevation of 643.8 feet above mean sea level to an elevation of about 634 feet msl by the week of October 4 and will remain at approximately the same elevation for…

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Reclamation lowers Lake Mohave water level to aid with annual razorback sucker harvest

BOULDER CITY, Nev. — The Bureau of Reclamation will begin lowering water levels in Lake Mohave on September 1 to aid in harvesting razorback suckers (Xyrauchen texanus) from lakeside rearing ponds. The fish is an endangered species native to the Colorado River. The drawdown is part of annual river operations which are timed to coincide with conservation activities for the fish. Lake Mohave will steadily lower from its current elevation of 643.8 feet above mean sea level to an elevation of about 634 feet msl by the week of October 4 and will remain at approximately the same elevation for…

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