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Extreme localized weather leads to separate outages

BULLHEAD CITY – Late afternoon weather resulted in two outages impacting Mohave Electric Cooperative members in the Bullhead City and Kingman service areas on Thursday, March 12. An extreme storm and lightning resulted in 1,414 members losing power for nine minutes beginning at 5:57 p.m. in north Bullhead City and 2,489 members east of Kingman ranging from the Hualapai mountains through Valle Vista, Truxton, and Valentine to parts of Peach Springs. The outage times were identical because both were the result of an open breaker at a power provider source. Power was restored at 6:06 p.m. “The weather that moved…

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MCC Bighorn Café competition now open, run your own business

MOHAVE COUNTY – People who have a passion for cooking and would like to start their own business, or expand their current business, now have that option. They can compete in the Mohave Community College Bighorn Café Competition. The grand prize is a 12 month contract for a commercial kitchen located on MCC’s Neal Campus in Kingman. It will be rent-free and includes utilities, along with free business counseling provided by MCC’s Small Business Development Center. “This competition is a wonderful opportunity to launch a new café or expand your existing restaurant business,” said Lisa Card, SBDC Director. “The SBDC…

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Kino Avenue closures extended due to weather

KINGMAN – Due to recent and expected rains, the Kino Avenue closure will continue through Wednesday, March 18, at the minimum. The street closure is at Willow Road and Kino Ave., and extends to North Glen Rd. Detours are still in place for street closures. This project is the continuation of a multi-phased project to improve water delivery to city water storage tanks that will allow our infrastructure run more efficiently, resulting in an overall benefit to our customers. The total cost for the project is $1.51 million. Up-to-date street closures will be located on the City of Kingman’s engineering…

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Kino Avenue closures extended due to weather

KINGMAN – Due to recent and expected rains, the Kino Avenue closure will continue through Wednesday, March 18, at the minimum. The street closure is at Willow Road and Kino Ave., and extends to North Glen Rd. Detours are still in place for street closures. This project is the continuation of a multi-phased project to improve water delivery to city water storage tanks that will allow our infrastructure run more efficiently, resulting in an overall benefit to our customers. The total cost for the project is $1.51 million. Up-to-date street closures will be located on the City of Kingman’s engineering…

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Mohave County Coronavirus update

MOHAVE COUNTY – Kingman Regional Medical Center is implementing patient visitation restrictions to attempt to prevent any spread of the coronavirus among its patients or workforce. Chief Executive Officer Brian Turney said signs will be posted at the hospital and that voluntary compliance is requested this weekend before the restrictions will be more strictly enforced next week. Turney said patient visitation will be restricted to family members and that visitation hours will also be limited. Mohave County jail commander Don Bischoff said inmate visitation takes place through a video system and that restrictions are not yet necessary because of segregation…

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Human Bean construction underway in Kingman

Initial construction is underway where a new coffee shop will soon be going vertical in Kingman. The community’s second Human Bean store is being built just southwest of Taco Bell, in the old Kmart parking lot along Andy Devine Avenue. Another Human Bean store greets customers on Stockton Hill road and several other Human Beans are open in Lake Havasu and Bullhead City. Photo by Dave Hawkins

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