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Williams named BLM Region 7 manager

The Bureau of Reclamation has selected Nick Williams to serve as the new manager for the Power Office in Interior Region 7 – Upper Colorado Basin, headquartered in Salt Lake City. Williams will oversee the operation and maintenance of hydropower facilities in four states. Key aspects to this position are making sure each facility operates efficiently, protecting structural safety and security, and ensuring full compliance with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. Williams will manage operation of the Colorado River Storage Project hydroelectric powerplants and dams—Flaming Gorge Dam in Dutch John, Utah; Blue Mesa, Morrow Point, and Crystal dams near Montrose,…

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Mom killer pleads guilty

BULLHEAD CITY – A Bullhead City man who stabbed and killed his own mother at her breakfast table is going to prison for at least 16 years. That’s the minimum sentence possible for Kevin Proulx, a white supremacist who pleaded guilty September 24 to second degree murder in the Aug., 2019 death of Bette Jean Vaughn, 74. Proulx, 45, could also get up to 25 years in prison when sentenced Oct. 29 by Judge Doug Camacho. Authorities have said Proulx was high on methamphetamine at the time of the stabbing, motivated by false suspicion that his mother had harmed his…

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Mom killer pleads guilty

BULLHEAD CITY – A Bullhead City man who stabbed and killed his own mother at her breakfast table is going to prison for at least 16 years. That’s the minimum sentence possible for Kevin Proulx, a white supremacist who pleaded guilty September 24 to second degree murder in the Aug., 2019 death of Bette Jean Vaughn, 74. Proulx, 45, could also get up to 25 years in prison when sentenced Oct. 29 by Judge Doug Camacho. Authorities have said Proulx was high on methamphetamine at the time of the stabbing, motivated by false suspicion that his mother had harmed his…

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Proclamation ends for Havasu residents, masks still encouraged

LAKE HAVASU CITY – In response to the release of recent data reflecting lower COVID-19 related cases and hospitalizations, Lake Havasu City Mayor Cal Sheehy is suspending proclamation 2020-04, requiring face coverings or masks in Lake Havasu City, effective September 28, 2020. The decision to remove Lake Havasu City’s order is based upon the significant decline of infection and hospitalization rates in Mohave County seen over the past several weeks. Mohave County met the metric on September 3, 2020 for some businesses that closed under an executive order from the Governor to reopen in a modified manner.  This past Thursday,…

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Multiple suspects arrested following burglary investigation

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Young people trashed an unoccupied home in Lake Havasu City last Thursday. Suspects reportedly fled on foot and in vehicles as police began arriving at the home in the 2800 block of Palisades Drive at 10:40 p.m. “Officers were able to stop one of the vehicles leaving the residence and during the course of the stop, learned that the vehicle was stolen from the residence,” said detective Chris Angus. “Officers also located several items inside the vehicle that were later determined to be stolen from the Palisades Drive residence.” Occupants of the stolen vehicle, Logan Frazier,…

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Four-year-old fatal waterway case coming to a close with plea deal

KINGMAN – A California man has entered a plea agreement in Kingman that will resolve a four-year-old waterway fatality case. Kevin Morgon, 47, pleaded guilty Sept. 24 to negligent homicide and aggravated assault. Authorities said a boat operated by Morgon struck a personal watercraft on the Colorado River at Davis Camp in Bullhead City in April 2016. A 13-year-old girl on the watercraft, Guadalupe Rodriguez, San Bernardino, was fatally injured. The teen’s younger sister and their mother were seriously injured in the crash. Morgon was allegedly intoxicated at the time of the crash, though a related charge is dismissed in…

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