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Local elected officials from Northern & Western Arizona share infrastructure challenges — regrets the widening economic disparity between urban and rural Arizona PHOENIX – The Arizona House of Representatives Transportation Committee received briefings on Wednesday from representatives from Camp Verde, Cottonwood, Kingman, and Yuma joined by County Supervisors from Apache, Coconino, La Paz, Mohave, Navajo, Yavapai, and Yuma Counties. The testimony from rural representatives laid bare the dismal state of local roads and the immense toll that deferred maintenance has on rural Arizona’s ability to compete for new jobs and economic development opportunities – furthering the urban rural divide that…

KINGMAN – During WWII, more than 1,000 women served as Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), freeing male pilots for combat roles at a critical time of the war. The WASP ferried planes from factories to embarkation points, performed engineer test flying of repaired aircraft, and did target towing for gunnery training. By the spring of 1944, every P-51 Mustang flown in combat had already been flown by a WASP. Join Sounds of Kingman for the Our Time, Our History Series: The Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII, presented by Natalie J. Stewart-Smith. Stewart-Smith has been an educator for more than…

KINGMAN – During WWII, more than 1,000 women served as Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), freeing male pilots for combat roles at a critical time of the war. The WASP ferried planes from factories to embarkation points, performed engineer test flying of repaired aircraft, and did target towing for gunnery training. By the spring of 1944, every P-51 Mustang flown in combat had already been flown by a WASP. Join Sounds of Kingman for the Our Time, Our History Series: The Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII, presented by Natalie J. Stewart-Smith. Stewart-Smith has been an educator for more than…