Category: Community News

BULLHEAD CITY – Mohave Electric Cooperative is another step closer to making fiber-optic broadband service a reality for its members with approval by the Arizona Corporation Commission of a financing application in a unanimous 5-0 vote of the Commissioners. In a first-of-its-kind endeavor for an electric cooperative in Arizona, MEC, in partnership with service provider TWN Communications, announced in October a goal to bring fiber-optic based internet access to members in all of its service territory. In January MEC was awarded an $805,500 grant from the Arizona Commerce Authority for Phase One of the Fiber Project. “This is an ambitious project…

MOHAVE COUNTY – Dozens of people have applied for the Mohave County Manager position that Mike Hendrix will vacate for retirement on June 30. Human Resources Director Ken Cunningham said a national recruiting campaign netted 44 job applications by Wednesday. “They’re from all over the nation. They’re not just local,” Cunningham said of the applicant field. Cunningham said a four-member hiring selection committee includes Presiding Superior Court Judge Chuck Gurtler, Sheriff Doug Schuster, County Attorney Matt Smith and retired Kingman Unified School District Superintendent Roger Jacks. He said the committee will screen the field and conduct interviews with semi-finalists by…

KINGMAN – On Friday, May 1, Kingman Regional Medical Center (KRMC) was awarded an ‘A’ when the Leapfrog Group announced their spring 2020 Hospital Safety Grade. The designation recognizes KRMC’s efforts in protecting patients from harm and providing safer healthcare. The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization committed to improving healthcare quality and safety. It assigns safety grades to hospitals across the nation twice annually in the spring and fall. This grade marks KRMC’s third ‘A’ rating in a row – the first was awarded with Leapfrog’s spring announcement in May 2019, followed by an ‘A’ in November 2019….