Category: Community News

Are vaping products and e-cigs risk-free? Do they all contain highly addictive nicotine? Is vaping a proven method for quitting tobacco? Does nicotine affect the development and functioning of a young brain? Can you feel assured that the contents of a vaping device are safe? What’s the bottom line? These are just a few of the many questions one should be asking before flirting with just another potentially, highly dangerous and addictive device. Get the facts! Come hear Dean Wenrich, a Community Health Educator from the Mohave County Health Department’s Tobacco Use Prevention Program, talk about this relatively new phenomenon….

A Lake Havasu City woman fell to her death while hiking at Yosemite National Park last Thursday, Sept. 5. The victim is identified as Danielle Burnett, 29. Yosemite National Park public affairs officer Scott Gediman said the incident occurred just before noon when Burnett fell from cables at a popular climbing spot known as the Half Dome. “She fell over 500 feet down steep, rocky terrain and was deceased when Park Rangers arrived on scene,” Gediman said. The rock formation rises to an elevation of 8,844 feet. Visitors use cables fixed to bolts in the sheer rock face to reach…

LAUGHLIN, Nev. – Team members at Edgewater Casino Resort and Colorado Belle Casino Resort joined Aquarius Casino Resort in collecting and donating nearly 25,000 items during the company’s 10th annual back-to-school drive, held July 1 through July 31. “This is one of our favorite annual community events and we’re thrilled to now have three local resort-casinos contributing to our back to school drive,” said Sean Hammond, Vice President and General Manager of Aquarius Casino Resort, Edgewater Casino Resort and Colorado Belle Casino Resort. “This is our largest drive, yet, and we look forward to continuing to raise that bar in…

MOHAVE COUNTY – The citizens of Mohave County can expect the following activity from Mohave County Public Works during the week of September 9: Arizona Strip: Road grading on Antelope Valley Rd. Hackberry: Road grading on 1) Hackberry Rd. from I-40 north and in the 2) Greenwood Village area. Yucca: Road grading on 1) Loves Camp Rd., 2) Planet Ranch Rd. and 3) Alamo Rd. from end of pavement to MP10. Kingman: Road grading on 1) Greasewood Dr., 2) Jackrabbit Dr., 3) Buckhorn Bend and 4) Sundown Rd. Hualapai Mountain Area: Road grading in the Silver Springs area. Golden Valley:…

-New closure in effect next week- KINGMAN – Kino Avenue between Roosevelt Street and Irving Street will be closed starting the morning of September 9, through 5 p.m., September 13. The project to install a new water transmission main on Kino Ave., between Arizona Street to the Mohave Wash, started August 12. Portions of Kino Ave. will be closed throughout the project, and detours will be in place for street closures. The contractor, Freiday Construction, is working with residents in the area regarding notification, but no water service delays or disruptions are scheduled to take place. This project is the…