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Dear Editor, During the recent Trump administration’s U.S.

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Safe evacuation in Lake Havasu City garage fire

LAKE HAVASU CITY – At approximately 11:30 p.m.

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Rhythm & Brews festival returns for third year

KINGMAN — The Kingman Area Chamber of Commerce

Nancy Griffith Terhaar

March 12, 1948 – May 29, 2026 Nancy,

Volunteers help expand innovative Colorado River Fish Habitat

BULLHEAD CITY — Twenty volunteers from Bullhead City

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Crafting class is Saturday

Join Valen at The Farmhouse in creating a gorgeous Home Sweet Home House Sign. Class is Saturday, February 8 at 10 a.m. and is $35. Tickets are available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wood-house-decorative-sign-tickets-90483200689?aff=efbeventtix&fbclid=IwAR2katqUPSMZL8AfY5ENcFKueEVS5H06hBQUwZ-iofTHNZEJylnxq-iqi30. For more information, call (928)753-4764. The Farmhouse is located at 317 E. Beale St.

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Crafting class is Saturday

Join Valen at The Farmhouse in creating a gorgeous Home Sweet Home House Sign. Class is Saturday, February 8 at 10 a.m. and is $35. Tickets are available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wood-house-decorative-sign-tickets-90483200689?aff=efbeventtix&fbclid=IwAR2katqUPSMZL8AfY5ENcFKueEVS5H06hBQUwZ-iofTHNZEJylnxq-iqi30. For more information, call (928)753-4764. The Farmhouse is located at 317 E. Beale St.

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Supervisors move to protect limited area groundwater

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave County Supervisors voted unanimously (5-0) at their latest meeting on Feb .3, to approve its chairman signing a letter to Thomas Buschatzke, the Director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources to undertake actions to designate the Hualapai Valley Groundwater Basin (less the Southern Greggs Subarea) an Irrigation Non-Expansion Area (INA).  Mohave County officials are very active in protecting their water rights and strongly contend that the expansion of large scale agricultural usage is rapidly depleting the aquifer and the potential remains for further expansion in the future. County Manager Mike Hendrix says the response is…

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Supervisors move to protect limited area groundwater

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave County Supervisors voted unanimously (5-0) at their latest meeting on Feb .3, to approve its chairman signing a letter to Thomas Buschatzke, the Director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources to undertake actions to designate the Hualapai Valley Groundwater Basin (less the Southern Greggs Subarea) an Irrigation Non-Expansion Area (INA).  Mohave County officials are very active in protecting their water rights and strongly contend that the expansion of large scale agricultural usage is rapidly depleting the aquifer and the potential remains for further expansion in the future. County Manager Mike Hendrix says the response is…

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BHC man assaulted Walmart employee during robbery

BULLHEAD CITY – Bullhead City police have made an arrest following a confrontation that resulted in an injury for a Walmart employee. Police spokeswoman Emily Fromelt said officers placed Jessie Aranda, 20, in custody Monday and booked him into the Adult Detention Center on robbery and aggravated assault charges. Fromelt said a 64-year-old Walmart employee approached a man who was leaving the store with a cart full of stolen merchandise at 3:40 a.m. on Friday, January 31. “The suspect then pushed the woman to the ground and fled with the stolen items,” Fromelt said. “The victim was transported to Western…

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2019 Year in Review: Signing Colorado River agreement top water story for AZ

Water news in Arizona and the Southwest in 2019 certainly wasn’t limited entirely to the big signing of the Colorado River system-wide Drought Contingency Plan in May. But an event triggered by Arizona legislation, which was hailed by Governor Ducey as “the most significant water legislation passed in nearly 40 years,” certainly dominated headlines for the early part of 2019. On January 31, 2019, the Arizona Legislature passed – and Governor Ducey signed — a measure allowing Arizona to join six other western states and the federal government in signing onto the DCP, an inter-state water agreement designed to help stabilize the…

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