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Mohave County ends Tuesday with 64 virus cases MOHAVE COUNTY – The Mohave County Health Department MCDPH-Nursing staff was notified Tuesday evening, April 21, of a positive COVID-19 case in the Lake Havasu City service area. The latest confirmed individual is in the 65+ age range, and is hospitalized. The MCDPH staff will soon be initiating the contact investigation. Until the investigation is conducted, it is unknown at this time, if the case may be travel-related or epidemiologically-linked to another confirmed case. There are now 25 positive confirmed cases in the Lake Havasu City area, including the three deaths, 33 in…

Benefits to be distributed through SNAP, EBT cards PHOENIX⁠ — Governor Doug Ducey and the Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES) announced today the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) authorized DES to provide Arizona P-EBT Pandemic School Meal Replacement Benefits to households with children who are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals. There are nearly 600,000 students receiving free or reduced-price school meals in Arizona, including 186,000 students already receiving Nutrition Assistance, who will be eligible for these benefits. Households will receive benefits equivalent to one free lunch and one free breakfast for each eligible child.  “We are working to…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Fire caused extensive damage to a Lake Havasu City residence Monday. Personnel from the Lake Havasu City fire department responded at 1:00 p.m. to the fire in the 2000 block of College Drive. “The first arriving fire company reported smoke coming from the side garage door and heavy fire to the rear of the residence extending into the house,” a news release stated. Crews brought the fire under control within 13 minutes. Occupants evacuated the home safely and no injuries were reported. Cause of the fire remains under investigation. Dave Hawkins