Category: Community News

WIKIEUP – Late Friday morning, Dec. 6, the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office received a call that a 57-year-old man had become stranded in his four-wheel drive truck while trying to cross the Big Sandy River. Search and Rescue was activated, and swift water teams responded to his location. While enroute, he managed to self-rescue to the shore he had entered on. The Big Sandy River is one of several water ways in Mohave County that continue to run with large amounts of water for days, if not weeks, after a rainstorm has passed. Search and Rescue wants to remind everyone…

KINGMAN – Soroptimist International of Kingman and Kingman Elks Lodge 468 teamed up on November 24 to kick off the Dolly Parton Imagination Library book program in Kingman. The program is headed locally by Kingman Elks Lodge chair and trustee Nan Chrimes, Soroptimist president Kathy Hopper, and Soroptimist co-chair Colleen Kirby. Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth to age five, in participating communities throughout the U.S. Kingman Elks Lodge 468 was the venue for families with children up to five years old to participate in this free book-a-month program.   At…

Lil Elmo & The Cosmos will ring in the new year beginning at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 31, at the Edgewater E-Center with hits from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. This concert is open and free to the public.

Nissan Canada has organized a journey along iconic Route 66 for a group of Canadian automotive journalists. This is the second time that the company has provided journalists with an opportunity for an extended test drive in three of the automaker’s newest models on the most famous highway in America. The tour will include stops at historic sites as well as provide an opportunity to meet with key people associated with the highway’s renaissance and interview Nissan technology specialists. To develop the tour author Jim Hinckley, creator of Jim Hinckley’s America travel network, was retained as a consultant. Hinckley adjusted…

MOHAVE COUNTY – The cold weather is here, and that means more family and friend gatherings inside the home. The Bullhead City Fire Department would like to remind everyone safety must be your top priority since heating is the second leading cause of home fires. Follow these suggestions to keep your home warm and safe. ·         Keep anything that can burn three feet away from space heaters, fireplaces, wood stoves, and radiators. Remember that skin burns too. Make sure that people and pets stay 3 feet away. ·         Use portable heaters that have been listed by a testing laboratory (look for the…