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Arizona to provide nearly 600,000 children with pandemic school meal replacement benefits

Benefits to be distributed through SNAP, EBT cards PHOENIX⁠ — Governor Doug Ducey and the Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES) announced today the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) authorized DES to provide Arizona P-EBT Pandemic School Meal Replacement Benefits to households with children who are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals. There are nearly 600,000 students receiving free or reduced-price school meals in Arizona, including 186,000 students already receiving Nutrition Assistance, who will be eligible for these benefits. Households will receive benefits equivalent to one free lunch and one free breakfast for each eligible child.  “We are working to…

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No injuries in Havasu house fire

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Fire caused extensive damage to a Lake Havasu City residence Monday. Personnel from the Lake Havasu City fire department responded at 1:00 p.m. to the fire in the 2000 block of College Drive. “The first arriving fire company reported smoke coming from the side garage door and heavy fire to the rear of the residence extending into the house,” a news release stated. Crews brought the fire under control within 13 minutes. Occupants evacuated the home safely and no injuries were reported. Cause of the fire remains under investigation. Dave Hawkins

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Benson runs Boston marathon at home

KINGMAN – Kingman’s Anna Benson ran her Boston marathon at home Saturday, since last Monday’s race in Massachusetts has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Benson and many others who registered for Boston ran virtual marathon’s that will be recognized with medals mailed by race officials once times are submitted by athletes. Benson’s friend Nikki Short decided to make Benson’s run a community event. “She said ‘since you have to run it anyway, we might as well make it fun.’” And Kingman did! As she meandered through the community Benson she was greeted by children on bicycles, folks sitting…

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Armstrong out of Supervisor race

Winner of Bishop-Andrews primary will face Ehrhardt in November general election MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jean Bishop will have opponents in the primary and general election after winning only one of the three lawsuits that alleged her prospective challengers failed to qualify for the August 4 primary ballot. Bishop filed three legal actions challenging the current election cycle candidacies of republicans Rick Armstong and William Andrews, and democrat Jack Ehrhardt. In each case, Bishop argued her prospective opponents failed to collect the minimum number of valid signatures on nominating petitions to qualify their campaigns. The…

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Two more COVID-19 cases today, bringing total to 59 for Mohave County

MOHAVE COUNTY, AZ (April 20, 2020) – The Mohave County Health Department MCDPH-Nursing staff was notified this afternoon of two more positive COVID-19 cases. (Despite the similarities, these are two different cases.)  Both are in the Kingman service area and both are in the 65+ age range.  However, the first case is hospitalized out-of state and the second case is in isolation, and recovering in a home also out-of-state.  The two cases are unrelated and both have permanent addresses in Mohave County.  No contacts have been identified within Mohave County. Based on information provided by the patients, both cases are travel-related. Please note that…

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