Category: Community News

BULLHEAD CITY – Bullhead City Fire Department personnel handled two incidents in the same hour on Monday, May 25. Units first responded at 9:25 p.m. to a brush fire behind the Anderson Automotive Field House. Fire Department information officer Lori Viles said the property was not threatened. She said no one was injured in the fire that scorched about 3 acres of brush. Personnel next responded at 10:05 p.m. to a fire alarm sounding at a two-story apartment structure in the 1600 block of Havasupai Drive. “Several tenants had already self-evacuated advising firefighters that a garage on the lower level…

KINGMAN – Contractors will be working from now until 5:00 p.m. Friday, May 29, for street and drainage improvements for a private office renovation. CK Concrete is doing the work and Jim Hubka is the main contact at at (928) 279-1100 cell or 928-715-1500 office. Work is causing the contractors to close Robinson Avenue at the Stockton Hill Road intersection, as well as place some lane restrictions along Stockton Hill Rd., as well. The city would like to remind the traveling public to be cautious driving through work zones.

The Central and Northern Arizona Chapter of the American Red Cross would like to offer these heat-related safety tips. In recent years, excessive heat has caused more deaths than all other weather events. • Hot cars can be deadly. Never leave children or pets in your vehicle — even for a minute. The inside temperature of the car can quickly reach 120 degrees. • Check on family, friends, and neighbors who have no air conditioning, spend much of their time alone, or are likely to be affected by the heat. • If someone doesn’t have air conditioning, they should seek…

BULLHEAD CITY – A COVID-19 hotspot in Bullhead City was delicately addressed during Tuesday’s Mohave County Board of Supervisors meeting. County officials declined to identify the long-term care facility, but Department of Public Health Director Denise Burley said at least ten positive coronavirus cases trace to the business. “We can’t give out the name,” Supervisor Hildy Angius said. “These things have a way of getting out.” A spokesperson from Joshua Springs Senior Living, on its own, informed The Standard that more than a dozen cases have been confirmed at the facility. Burley said public health officials are now involved with…