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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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Relay for Life to make first lap

KINGMAN – The first lap for Relay for Life will meet at Locomotive Park on Saturday, Jan. 4, between 10 a.m. and 10:20 a.m. for one lap around the park, the first lap of 2020. Walk for those who are fighting cancer now, walk for those that we have lost, walk for yourself and loved ones, walk because you can! Bring a sign to display your favorite cancer fighting word or statement and/or noise maker. No need to register, just show up. For more information, contact sandy.rfl.kingman@gmail.com.

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Annual rainfall up for Mohave County

MOHAVE COUNTY – Area communities enjoyed above average precipitation in 2019. The National Weather Service (NWS) in Las Vegas said rainfall wasn’t officially measured in Bullhead City last year but that Laughlin, Nevada welcomed nearly twice its annual average. The NWS said a total of 10.24 inches of rain fell in Laughlin last year and that the annual average measured over a 23 year span was 5.36 inches. The agency said annual averages for Kingman and Lake Havasu City is calculated over a 30 year period. Kingman exceeded its annual average by nearly three inches of rain while it was…

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Scramble Cars/SXS and Tuff Trucks event this weekend

KINGMAN – Long Mountain Event Center with Cerbat Motosports will be holding a Scramble Car/SXS and Tuff Truck event on Saturday, Jan. 4. Gates open at 10 a.m. and racing at noon. Gate fee of $5 per person (5 and under free) and $30 to race. All proceeds made will be going back to Long Mountain Event Center. To get to Long Mountain, turn left at the traffic light at Kingman Municipal Airport, go down less than a mile, turn right at Avienda Verde. For more information, contact (928)716-2412.

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Scramble Cars/SXS and Tuff Trucks event this weekend

KINGMAN – Long Mountain Event Center with Cerbat Motosports will be holding a Scramble Car/SXS and Tuff Truck event on Saturday, Jan. 4. Gates open at 10 a.m. and racing at noon. Gate fee of $5 per person (5 and under free) and $30 to race. All proceeds made will be going back to Long Mountain Event Center. To get to Long Mountain, turn left at the traffic light at Kingman Municipal Airport, go down less than a mile, turn right at Avienda Verde. For more information, contact (928)716-2412.

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Havasu dealer going to prison

KINGMAN – A Lake Havasu City drug dealer will be going to the Arizona Department of Corrections under terms of a plea agreement entered Thursday in Kingman. The deal requires Mohave County Superior Court Judge Derek Carlisle to send Sarah Jackson, 39, to prison for 5 to 8 years during a January 31 sentencing hearing. Jackson was on probation for a 2017 drug case when arrested last August 25 in the vicinity of 3511 Iroquois Drive. Prosecutor David Wayt said Jackson was in possession of 5.6 grams of heroin, two grams of methamphetamine and assorted drug paraphernalia including syringes, cotton…

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Young enters guilty plea in theft from Yucca Fire District

Superior Court. Matthew Young, 40, pleaded guilty to theft on Thursday in Kingman. Prosecutor James Schoppmann said Young turned himself in at the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office lobby on July 24, 2019. Schoppmann told Court Commissioner Doug Camacho that Young readily admitted his involvement in converting Yucca Fire District funds to personal use. Schoppmann said Young initially had Governing Board permission to use a fire district account to award himself some back pay. Schoppmann said that Young indicated he was unable to stop stealing by moving public money to various fire district accounts while continuing to make unauthorized incremental payments…

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