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Fire chief thanks food business partners for support

KINGMAN – The City of Kingman has expressed thanks for acts of kindness provided to local firefighters during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Fire Chief Jake Rhoades said the local brother-sister business partnership of Mark Peterson and Krystal Burge quietly stepped up with food delivery on multiple occasions during the month of April, and beyond. The Dambar Steakhouse, Pizza Hut and other Burge-Peterson owned enterprises have been delivering food within area communities, including Kingman fire stations. “Krystal early on in the COVID-19 process, whenever everybody first locked down, without me even knowing it she, had pizzas and food delivered to all…

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Census Bureau operations resume

In coordination with federal, state and local health officials, the U.S. Census Bureau will begin the process of restarting field operations in Mohave County. The Census Bureau will drop off 2020 Census invitation packets at approximately 90,000 homes County-wide. Also known as Update Leave, the process will give residents in Lake Havasu City another opportunity to be counted. The process is for households in areas where the majority of households do not receive mail at their home. The Update Leave Operation will not require interaction between a household and a Census Bureau employee. All Census Bureau staff have received safety…

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Kingman Area Regional Transit (KART) is continuing free fare

KINGMAN, Ariz. – The City of Kingman is continuing free fares for the Kingman Area Regional Transit (KART), for the rest of the month of May, and will be reviewed every two weeks moving forward. KART will follow CDC guidelines of no more than 10 people gathered at one time, by limiting occupancy to 9 passengers, plus the driver; and fliers will be posted on each bus regarding these continued safety measures. To reduce the impact that this will have on passengers that may have to be turned away, KART will continue operating on Saturdays to allow the resources to provide…

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Nursing home testing getting underway

MOHAVE COUNTY – The Arizona Department of Health Services is sending personnel to Mohave County to conduct COVID-19 testing at seven long term health care facilities. They will be testing patients and staff members for the coronavirus, according to Mohave County Department of Public Health Director Denise Burley. Burley told Mohave County Supervisors Monday that the state agency was also expected to send Personal Protective equipment if needed at those facilities. She also said the agency hoped to mobilize staff to backfill nursing homes where operations are impacted by the infection of its staff members. The Board voted in support…

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Special CRUSHD meeting tonight to determine graduation

BULLHEAD CITY – The Colorado River Union High School District governing board will hold a special meeting tonight, Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. to discuss and possibly vote on graduation plans for the Class of 2000 at the District’s three high schools.  Several options were discussed at Tuesday night’s regular board meeting.  Those included a traditional graduation at CRUHSD’s Anderson Auto Group Fieldhouse, a traditional graduation at the Fieldhouse with capacity limits, a virtual graduation and a drive-through graduation on each campus.  Preliminary results of an online SurveyMonkey poll about graduation preferences were also shared.  There will not be a call…

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COVID-19 update: Tuesday ends with 260 cases

MOHAVE COUNTY – Late Tuesday afternoon, the Mohave County Health Department (MCDPH) Nursing staff was notified of five COVID-19 positive cases in Mohave County. Due to action this week by the Board of Supervisors, the age range reported is now much narrower. Three of the cases are in the Kingman service area. An investigation is pending on two of them. One of those is in the 30-39 year age range and the other is 80-89.  The third Kingman area case is in the 0-18 age range, in isolation, recovering at home, and linked to another confirmed case. Of the other two…

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