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Mosquito fogging to begin Thursday evening

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mosquito surveillance conducted this week in Fort Mohave and Mohave Valley by the Mohave County Environmental Health Division (MCEHD) revealed the following locations that met the protocol to conduct fogging. The MCEHD uses the CDC’s recommended matrix as a guide of when to fog.   FOGGING: Adult mosquito control application will begin on Thursday evening September 12th around 8:00 pm, weather permitting.  Baron Pest Control was awarded the contract to provide fogging services within Mohave County and will be conducting the ground fogging application.  Areas in Mohave Valley to fog include:   •           Laguna Road from Mountain View Road to Vanderslice…

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Golden Valley man charged with multiple felonies, misdemeanor charges

GOLDEN VALLEY – Mohave County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) deputies arrested Larry Earl Edmondson, 23 of Golden Valley, for criminal damage, second degree escape, destruction to a jail, all felonies; marijuana possession and drug paraphernalia possession, both misdemeanors; and an active arrest warrant. On Wednesday, Sept. 4 at approximately 5 p.m., deputies responded to a business in the 4000 block of Highway 68 in reference to a criminal damage call. The reporting party advised that she arrived at the business and observed the ashtrays and trashcans had been thrown around the parking lot. A short time later the victim attempted to…

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BLM partners with Boy Scouts on shoreline recreation site cleanup project

LAKE HAVASU CITY – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has partnered with Boy Scouts of America on a shoreline cleanup project at Steamboat Cove, one of the most popular boat-in recreation sites on Lake Havasu. During the cleanup on September 22, access to the beach at Steamboat Cove will be temporarily restricted from 8 to 11 a.m. as Boy Scouts, Sea Scouts and Venturers work alongside BLM rangers to clean the beach and remove debris from the water. The Scouts will earn their aquatic-based merit badge while making shoreline recreation safer and more pleasant for visitors.  Steamboat Cove is…

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Light jail time for couple who found suitcase full of cash

KINGMAN – The lesser involved defendant in the discovery of a suitcase full of cash was placed on probation and ordered to spend 30 days in the Mohave County Jail Friday. Mohave County Superior Court Judge Derek Carlisle also directed Chrystal Himmelright, 41, to perform 40 hours of community work service. The judge and involved attorneys agree that Himmelright was less culpable than her co-defendant boyfriend Jeremiah Peacey. Deputy County Attorney Bob Moon said it was the 40-year-old Peacey who found the suitcase stuffed with $170,000 cash that a woman unwittingly left behind at the Kingman Walmart in the summer…

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Woods to run in District 1

MOHAVE COUNTY – Tim Woods has declared intent to seek the republican nomination for District 1 Mohave County Supervisor. The general manager of the Mohave County Fairgrounds in Kingman said he wants to give back after getting such a warm reception in 2012. “When my wife and family and I moved here we had never been to Arizona before. We were welcomed in this community with open arms and we just fell in love with it,” Woods said. “The people here, the land and everything about this country is just amazing.” Woods’ professional background includes 20 years of cattle ranch…

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