Category: Community News
BHC schools update free summer meal sites beginning Monday
BULLHEAD CITY – The Bullhead City Elementary and Colorado River Union High School District free summer meal program is adjusting locations on Monday (June 15). Dropping one site and consolidating with another is based upon usage, district officials said. The drive-through grab-and-go meal location at Sunrise Elementary School off the Bullhead Parkway will be consolidated with the existing site at Fox Creek Junior High School, also off the Bullhead Parkway. 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, three days a week at three different…
Candidate fundraiser slated
KINGMAN – There will be a fundraiser on behalf of Becky Foster, candidate for Mohave County Supervisor District 1 on Wednesday, July 8 at Cella Winery, 6927 E. Brooks Blvd., in Valle Vista. Suggested donation is $20 per person and includes sausage, hambers beverages, and entertainment by Joe Cuccia. Wine will be available for purchase. Tickets are available at the GOP on Stockton Hill Rd., At Guns N’ Ammo in Valle Vista. The Outpost On East 66 in Hackberry, and Doggone Purrfection in Valle Vista.
Kingman Council, fairgrounds denied use of meeting room due to COVID-19
MOHAVE COUNTY – The Board of Supervisors voted Thursday to reject outside use of its meeting auditorium in Kingman in a manner that Mohave County has been avoiding during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A 4-0 vote denied requests for use of the expansive auditorium for upcoming meetings of the Kingman City Council and Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District Governing Board. Kingman has been limiting audience size while encouraging spatial separation at its council meetings to prevent spread of the coronavirus. Mayor Jen Miles recently floated the idea of temporary city use of the county facility where more space is available…
Colorado River claims man’s life in drowning
BULLHEAD CITY – An Ethiopian national residing in Las Vegas drowned on the Arizona side of the Colorado River on Thursday, June 11. The name of the 24-year-old victim was withheld pending notification of kin. Bullhead City police spokeswoman said the man who couldn’t swim was wading in the river when he stepped into a deeper pool and went under in the area of casino boat docks. The deceased was faced down on the river bottom when recovered by a Fire Department dive team member. Dave Hawkins
