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LHC Parks and Recreation summer camp registration underway

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Sunshine Summer Camp begins Monday June 8t for children entering first through sixth grade. This year’s camp environment stresses the importance of safety for all of our participants, staff and families. It is our goal to create an environment focused on protocols that protect everyone who participates in Sunshine Summer Camp. These modifications include, but are not limited to, separating participants into smaller groups, additional cleaning and handwashing schedules, spread out areas to check-in and check-out of participants, and limiting the total number of participants served, so staff can maintain small groups as advised by the…

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Record crowds anticipated on area watereways over Memorial Day weekend

MOHAVE COUNTY – Record crowds are expected on area waterways this Memorial Holiday weekend. Visitors from adjacent states with more severe COVID-19 restrictions have been flooding Davis Camp, Lake Havasu and other hot spots on area lakes and along the Colorado River for weeks. “We’re expecting quite an influx,’’ said Chief Deputy Mohave County Sheriff Dean McKie. “The last several weekends have just been huge with all the Californians and Nevadans coming over here because obviously their states are closed.” McKie said the Sheriff’s Office has mobilized personnel to promote public safety for the holiday weekend crush. “We’ve stepped up…

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COVID-19 update: 10 new cases, 2 deaths

MOHAVE COUNTY – Late Wednesday afternoon, the Mohave County Health Department (MCDPH) Nursing staff was notified of ten new COVID-19 positive cases in Mohave County and two COVID-19 related deaths. The two deaths are of a 55-64 year age range person, in the Kingman service area, who is a previously identified case, linked to another confirmed case and an 86+ individual in the Lake Havasu City Service Area, also a previously identified case. Eight of the ten new positive cases are from the Kingman service area. Seven of them are in isolation, recovering at home and linked to another case. They…

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Fire chief thanks food business partners for support

KINGMAN – The City of Kingman has expressed thanks for acts of kindness provided to local firefighters during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Fire Chief Jake Rhoades said the local brother-sister business partnership of Mark Peterson and Krystal Burge quietly stepped up with food delivery on multiple occasions during the month of April, and beyond. The Dambar Steakhouse, Pizza Hut and other Burge-Peterson owned enterprises have been delivering food within area communities, including Kingman fire stations. “Krystal early on in the COVID-19 process, whenever everybody first locked down, without me even knowing it she, had pizzas and food delivered to all…

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Census Bureau operations resume

In coordination with federal, state and local health officials, the U.S. Census Bureau will begin the process of restarting field operations in Mohave County. The Census Bureau will drop off 2020 Census invitation packets at approximately 90,000 homes County-wide. Also known as Update Leave, the process will give residents in Lake Havasu City another opportunity to be counted. The process is for households in areas where the majority of households do not receive mail at their home. The Update Leave Operation will not require interaction between a household and a Census Bureau employee. All Census Bureau staff have received safety…

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Kingman Area Regional Transit (KART) is continuing free fare

KINGMAN, Ariz. – The City of Kingman is continuing free fares for the Kingman Area Regional Transit (KART), for the rest of the month of May, and will be reviewed every two weeks moving forward. KART will follow CDC guidelines of no more than 10 people gathered at one time, by limiting occupancy to 9 passengers, plus the driver; and fliers will be posted on each bus regarding these continued safety measures. To reduce the impact that this will have on passengers that may have to be turned away, KART will continue operating on Saturdays to allow the resources to provide…

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