Trending Today ...
LHC Parks and Recreation hosts second Truck-a-Palooza at

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Lake Havasu City invites

Eleven years strong: Inside the dedicated volunteer work

LAKE HAVASU CITY — For the past eleven

Plea deal reached: Havasu ex-firefighter headed to prison

LAKE HAVASU CITY — A former Lake Havasu

Suspect dies after OIS in Kingman

KINGMAN – On Saturday afternoon, May 2, Mohave

mohave college
Mohave College Lake Havasu Campus celebrates students during

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave College Lake Havasu City Campus

Kingman man rejects plea deal, faces potentially 300

KINGMAN — A Kingman man facing a life

Thank you for reading The Standard newspaper online!

Power outage disrupts business, government offices

KINGMAN – A power outage disrupted some government operations in downtown Kingman Tuesday. The Mohave County Courthouse, a number of county offices and Kingman City Hall lost power at 2:25 p.m. The county administration facility was minimally impacted because Information Technology Director Nathan McDaniel said the phone and computer systems have backup power capability so employees can keep working during a service interruption. Local Unisource Energy Electrical operations director Lynne Petersen said the outage impacted about 480 customers, but that most had service restored by shortly after 3:00 p.m. She said switching efforts by technicians helped bring most customers back…

Read More

Dylan Jakobsen to perform in ArrowWeed Lounge

LAUGHLIN, Nev. – The Avi Resort & Casino and KFLG Country are hosting the KFLG Country New Artist free concert in the ArrowWeed Lounge Wednesday, July 31 at 7 p.m. Come join KFLG Country’s host, Craig Powers, to see the latest up and coming country artist on his way to the top! Dylan Jakobsen recently released his full-length album I AM – a concept record fully written and produced by Jakobsen. The album walks you through a story 25 years in the making. From writing the songs, playing the instruments and producing it in his home studio, this album was…

Read More

Newsom receives six years under plea deal

The first of two defendants charged in a Bullhead City drug case was sentenced to the Arizona Department of Corrections on June 17. Judge Billy Sipe ordered a six year prison term for 36-year-old Ryan Newsom who entered a plea agreement in April. Newsom pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of attempted possession of a narcotic drug for sale. Methamphetamine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia related charges were dismissed. Authorities said Newsom and co-defendant Desiree Castaneda, 23, lived together in a home in the 2100 block of Swan Place. An August, 2018 search of that residence turned up 19 grams of…

Read More

Leave fireworks to the experts

Every year Fire Departments respond to emergencies where the use of fireworks has injured someone. The Consumer Product SafetyCommission (CPSC) 2017 report states an estimated 12,900 firework-related injuries were treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments. Of those, 36 percent were people younger than 15 years of age. Children 10 to 14 years of age had the highest estimated rate of emergency treated firework-related injuries, while young adults aged 20-24 years of age had the second highest estimated rate. A third of those injuries are to hands and limbs. Sadly, many parents remain unaware of the potential dangers of fireworks, especially…

Read More

One dead after truck rolls in accident

A traffic fatality is under investigation on Interstate 40, about 20 miles east of Kingman. The Arizona Department of Public Safety said the incident occurred at 2:09 p.m. Saturday. Agency spokesman Bart Graves said a semi truck was eastbound when right rear tire failure caused it to begin swerving back and forth. “The truck driver lost control and the vehicle entered the median while rotating counter-clockwise,” Graves said. “The vehicle then rolled in the median. After this impact, the left rear passenger was ejected.” The passenger who was dead at the scene is identified as Gilberta Carillo, 80, Huntington, Utah….

Read More

Three from Mohave County Attorney’s Office recognized at APAAC

Three members of the Mohave County Attorney’s Office were recognized for professional achievement at the Arizona Prosecuting Attorney’s Advisory Council’s (APAAC) annual conference in Tucson last week. County attorney Matt Smith said the trio of deputy county attorney’s is very deserving.  “Deborah Herbert won juvenile prosecutor of the year for the entire state of Arizona. Jaimye Ashley won the rising star award which is a fairly new award that’s just been around for a few years,” Smith said. “Bob Moon was recognized for a lifetime of outstanding achievement in the legal field.”  Smith’s chief deputy, James Schoppmann nominated each staff…

Read More