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County election overview

MOHAVE COUNTY – Sheriff Doug Schuster was a big winner in Tuesday’s contested Mohave County primary election races. The re-election seeking incumbent grabbed 79% of the vote to turn back Mike Gannuscio’s challenge in the republican primary. Unofficial returns show Schuster (23,624) leading Gannuscio (6,222) by 17,402 votes. Travis Lingenfelter is leading Jim Hamersley by 274 votes in the District 1 supervisor’s republican primary. Lingenfelter                       1,449 Hamersley                         1,175 Becky Foster                     1,044 Tim Woods                           895 Sherri Merriwether             318 Gabby Hamodey                  188. District 4 supervisor Jean Bishop (3,626) is cruising past republican challenger Bill Andrews (2,626) with 57% of the vote. The winner will face democrat Jack Ehrhardt…

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LMRFD embezzlement case may be knocked down to misdemeanor

DOLAN SPRINGS – An assurance of a misdemeanor conviction is the main sticking point in plea negotiations involving a firefighter being prosecuted for embezzling more than $24,000 from a Dolan Springs-based fire district. Phillip Picard, 32, was charged with fraud, forgery and theft following an investigation that determined he was paid by claiming hours that he did not work for the Lake Mohave Ranchos Fire District (LMRFD). Deputy Mohave County attorney David Wayt told Mohave County Superior Court Judge Lee Jantzen during a July 29 settlement conference that witnesses, accounting paperwork and a recorded telephone conversation give the state a…

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Sullivan enters plea in tire store fraud case

BULLHEAD CITY – A Bullhead City woman who has admitted involvement in defrauding a local tire shop of thousands of dollars could end up in the Arizona Department of Corrections. Rhiannon Sullivan, 25, entered a plea agreement in Mohave County Superior Court on July 28. Prosecutor Morgan Carstensen said Sullivan and co-defendant Jacob Stoddard, 36, Bullhead City, engaged in a fraudulent scheme to criminally purchase more than $30,000 of goods and services from the Discount Tire Store in the 3600 block of highway 95. The deputy county attorney told Judge Doug Camacho that the defendants engaged in “material misrepresentations to…

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COVID-19 update: 12 new cases, three deaths

MOHAVE COUNTY – Late Monday afternoon, the Mohave County Health Department (MCDPH) Nursing staff was notified today of 12 new confirmed COVID-19 cases. There are also three deaths from previously reported cases. Two of the deaths are in the Bullhead City service area.  One is 70-79 and one is 80-89. The third death is an 80-89 person in the Lake Havasu City service area. Ten of the 12 new confirmed cases are in the Bullhead City area. All ten remain under investigation. Two are 30-39; one is 40-49; one is 50-59; six are 60-69. The two remaining cases are both…

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BLM lowers fire restrictions for Colorado River District managed lands

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Effective Friday, July 31 at 11:59 p.m., the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado River District lowered fire restrictions from Stage 2 to Stage 1 for public lands in and around Yuma and Lake Havasu City, due to increased moisture in the area, and lower fire activity. It has been determined that the likelihood of a large wildfire has lessened to the degree that fire restrictions can be lowered in those areas. Lands managed by the Kingman Field Office will remain under Stage 2 fire restrictions, as local conditions there remain much dryer. Around Yuma and…

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Bureau of Land Management seeks public input on proposed Golden Valley Transmission Line Project

Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000231 EndHTML:0000007018 StartFragment:0000003137 EndFragment:0000006982 SourceURL:file://localhost/Volumes/Public/%E2%80%A2%20editorial%20storage/General%20News/080520/gv%20transmission%20line.doc KINGMAN — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)’s Kingman Field Office is seeking public input on an Environmental Assessment (EA) evaluating impacts from the proposed construction and installation of an electric transmission line in eastern Golden Valley and the west side of Kingman. The Golden Valley Transmission Line Project is designed to help improve reliability, replace aging equipment, and support the future energy needs of customers in Mohave County. “Modernizing America’s aging infrastructure and facilitating responsible energy development on public lands are BLM priorities,” said BLM Kingman Field Manager Amanda Dodson. “This transmission line…

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