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The citizens of Mohave County can expect the following activity from Mohave County Public Works during the week of September 23: Arizona Strip: Road grading on Antelope Valley Rd. Hackberry: Road grading in the Greenwood Village area. Yucca: Road grading on 1) Santa Fe Ranch Rd., 2) Alamo Rd. from MP20 to MP30 and 3) Butch Cassidy Rd. Kingman: Road grading on 1) Vock Canyon Rd. and 2) Canyon Springs Wash Rd. Wikieup: Road grading on Back Rd. Hualapai Mountain Area: Road grading on Silver Springs Rd. Golden Valley: Road grading on SE: 1) Tangerine Dr. from Bacobi Rd. to…

Arizona has its share of sunny days as we have an average 292 days each year when the skies are clear and bright. In the summer months the heat can beat down in such a way that we are determined to stay inside under air conditioning. I remember a day last summer when my wife and I decided we needed to take a trip to Sam’s Club in Bullhead City. The temperature in one section of the town was 127 degrees. As we walked across the parking lot our shoes were sticking to the asphalt. Though it is getting cooler…

KINGMAN – Carin Laughrey and Arizona Furniture will be hosting a fundraising event for local missionary Dianne Smith on Sunday, Sept. 29 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Kingman Arizona Furniture Warehouse, 3857 E. Andy Devine Ave. Smith has recently returned to the U.S. from the Mission Fields of Cambodia. She will be available during the fundraiser to talk about her journey in the midst of diverse cultures in Phnom Penh, while standing for justice in the fight to abolish human trafficking. Light refreshments will be served. There will be a raffle for a new recliner. For more information, to…

KINGMAN – Mohave Community Orchestra has announced their 2019 Autumn/Fall two-concert series. The orchestra is comprised of about 35 musicians of all ages, including the youngest, 11-year-old home school student Eliana Allen and the oldest, 85-year-old practicing physician Dale Parry. All of the performances are scheduled for 3 p.m., Saturdays; Oct. 26 and Dec. 7, at the Kingman High School Bulldogs’ Aguilar Auditorium, located at 4182 Bank Street. According to Conductor Arthur Swanson, the concerts will include a wide variety of music from the standard orchestral repertoire, the stage, opera, jazz, swing and the movie score “The Great Escape” in…

Free fun and entertainment for the entire family Sept. 27 and 28 KINGMAN  – The Andy Devine Days Festival is back this year and is set to follow in previous year’s footsteps as Kingman’s largest street festival! Unisource Energy Vendor Row, opening at 4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27, will be sporting various vendors offering food, art and other unique items until 6 p.m. on Saturday. The Kingman Center for the Arts is hosting their third annual 6×6 Route 66 Art Show both days. The 6×6 canvases will be on display at the KCA Gallery at 402 E. Beale Street….

GRAND CANYON – Grand Canyon National Park invites the public to celebrate the 10th anniversary of National Fossil Day and the 26th anniversary of National Public Lands Day fee-free on Sept. 28.  This year, a special celebration of National Fossil Day featuring the rich paleontological heritage of Grand Canyon is being held here as one of the park’s commemorative centennial events. Officially celebrated on Oct. 16, the National Park Service’s main National Fossil Day event will be held at the South Rim on Sept. 27 and 28. National Fossil Day events include a paleontology symposium Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m….