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Poetry submitted by Whitney Etheridge

I got my son taken from me and

Mohave College women’s soccer season opens with win

MOHAVE COUNTY – The Mohave College women’s soccer

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Schneider found guilty of sexual assault; faces 5+

KINGMAN, Ariz. – A Golden Valley man awaits

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Woman pleads guilty to leaving children home alone

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. – A Lake Havasu

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Judge criticizes plea deal for organized crime rail

KINGMAN, Ariz. – A local judge has again

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Two kilos of cocaine seized after three-mile chase

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. – Almost 4.5 pounds

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Lake Havasu City supports community Needs Assessment Survey

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Arizona Youth Partnership provides residents with a Community Needs Assessment survey to aid in how Arizona Youth Partnership implements drug and alcohol prevention efforts for the youth of Lake Havasu City. Arizona Youth Partnership, a non-profit organization in Lake Havasu City, has been awarded a federal grant from SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration) to prevent the onset and reduce the progression of substance abuse and its related problems while strengthening prevention capacity and infrastructure at the community level. The grant is intended to address one of the nation’s top substance abuse priorities –…

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Cassens drops out of Dist 4 race

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Retired Lake Havasu City Manager Charlie Cassens announced Monday on Facebook that he is withdrawing from the District 4 Mohave County Board of Supervisors race. That leaves incumbent Buster Johnson as the only person who has officially declared intent to seek that office. “I have come to realize that I am simply not ready to give up the next four years of my hard-earned retirement,” Cassens’ post said. “There is still time for another candidate to step up and I sincerely hope that happens. Thanks to everyone who contributed their time, effort and money into the…

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Outage affects many south of Bullhead City

BULLHEAD CITY – A short on the line opened a breaker in a substation that caused an outage that affected 3,740 members on Sunday, Jan. 12. Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) members in Fort Mohave and Mohave Valley were affected. MEC learned of the outage at 10:36 a.m. and power was restored at 1:25 p.m. Members wishing to received outage alerts for their residence from MEC can create a SmartHub account by visiting the MEC website mohaveelectric.com. When signed in, select “Notifications,” “Manage Notifications,” and then “Service” to set up email or text message alerts. When members are experiencing an outage,…

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Leap on Leap Day with Mangy Mutt Walk/Run

KINGMAN – The 6th Annual Mangy Mutt 5k Walk/Run will be held Saturday, Feb. 29 at the Kingman Regional Medical Center Santa Rosa Campus, 3601 Santa Rosa. Proceeds will benefit Low Cost Spay & Neuter’s spay/neuter program, and medical assistance for low-income families in the area. Dog teams are encouraged and welcome! For more information go to TheMangyMuttRAce.com. To register go to Active.com. Low Cost Spay & Neuter is an approved non-profit.

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