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Kirby Family and KRMC combine efforts to help the community

KINGMAN – The community comes out to help the community during the holidays again. The Kirby family (in a partnership with the Kingman Regional Medical Center Foundation) and nearly 100 volunteers from throughout the Kingman area helped feed the hungry, lonely or anyone who needed a bite to eat on Christmas Day. On Thanksgiving Day, John Kirby, working with the KRMC kitchen staff, prepared nearly 200 meals pre-cooked and prepackaged meals for an assortment of residents and families in the Kingman area including Golden Valley and Dolan Springs. More than 70 volunteers consisting of individuals, couples and families carted as…

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Kirby Family and KRMC combine efforts to help the community

KINGMAN – The community comes out to help the community during the holidays again. The Kirby family (in a partnership with the Kingman Regional Medical Center Foundation) and nearly 100 volunteers from throughout the Kingman area helped feed the hungry, lonely or anyone who needed a bite to eat on Christmas Day. On Thanksgiving Day, John Kirby, working with the KRMC kitchen staff, prepared nearly 200 meals pre-cooked and prepackaged meals for an assortment of residents and families in the Kingman area including Golden Valley and Dolan Springs. More than 70 volunteers consisting of individuals, couples and families carted as…

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Ex-con going back to prison on drug charges

KINGMAN – An ex-con residing in Golden Valley is being sent back to the Arizona Department of Corrections for his admitted involvement in sale of methamphetamine. Mohave County Judge Billy Sipe ordered a 15-year prison term Tuesday for John Holcomb, 57. Holcomb is one of roughly two dozen defendants indicted for their alleged involvement in two Kingman-based Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTO’s) that were the focus of the multi-agency Operation King Crimson investigation. Judge Sipe called Holcomb’s a very serious conspiracy case connected to a large-scale methamphetamine distribution ring. Sipe noted that Holcomb once purchased 2.5-pounds of methamphetamine for $11,200 and…

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New evidence in Ketchner case

Second trial pending for 2009 homicide KINGMAN – A prosecutor is attempting to introduce new evidence in the case of a career criminal from Kingman who awaits a retrial for the brutal murder of a teenager and the attempted murder of her mother on July 4, 2009. Deputy Mohave County Attorney James Schoppmann has informed the Court he intends to call Kara Atkins, 22, as a witness in the retrial of her father Darrell Ketchner. Ketchner, 62, is serving multiple decades in prison after he was convicted at trial of bursting into the home of his estranged girlfriend Jennifer Allison,…

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Video visitation operations at MC Jail

KINGMAN – The Mohave County Adult Detention Facility has started utilizing video visitation. All on-site video visitations were halted on April 1 because of COVID-19 concerns. The public lobby has remained open 24/7 to allow contact with staff at the bond window and to allow access to the lobby kiosk to facilitate bond and other transactions, however no on-site video visitation was permitted. “Earlier this year, we renewed the inmate telephone contract which introduced a new video visitation system that allows for remote video visitation capabilities. The pandemic coupled with fiber optic and switch circuity issues had caused this project…

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Pullan takes regional helm at Bureau of Reclamation

Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman has named Wayne Pullan regional director of the Upper Colorado Basin Region. Pullan has more than 25 years of Reclamation experience and will officially assume his duties as regional director Dec. 20, 2020. “Wayne brings a wealth of experience and expertise in management of water supply issues in this region,” said Commissioner Burman. “That experience will be critical in the Upper Colorado Region as we continue to grapple with complex issues such as ongoing drought, aging infrastructure, and operating protocols for the Colorado River and Rio Grande River basins.” As Regional Director, Pullan will…

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