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KINGMAN – The City of Kingman is notifying

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BULLHEAD CITY – Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) awarded eighteen

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Barrett sentenced to 135 years for child pornography

A Bullhead City man will spend the rest of his life in prison for viewing child pornography on his electronic devices. Michael Barrett, 42, was sentenced to 135 years in prison by Judge Billy Sipe on Tuesday, May 28. A Mohave County Superior Court jury deliberated only 20 minutes on April 3 before finding Barrett guilty of ten counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. Sipe ordered consecutive 13.5-year sentences for each of the convictions. Sipe said the Arizona legislature passed a law requiring Judges to impose at least a decade in prison for each count. He said it was “disturbing…

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Lake Mead seeks public comment regarding permitted diving on the submerged B-29 aircraft

The National Park Service is considering issuing a limited Commercial Use Authorization for guided access to underwater archeological site 28CK7829, also known as the Overton Arm B-29, at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. In compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, the National Park Service seeks public comment on potential impacts of the proposal on the historic aircraft. The B-29 crashed into Lake Mead in 1948. Its location was discovered in 2003. After divers conducted a thorough assessment of the plane and crash site, it was opened to limited permitted diving from 2008-2009 and 2015-2017. The site was…

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Man killed on SR 68 in collision

A Kingman man was fatally injured when the Buick sedan he was operating pulled out in front of an oncoming Chevrolet pickup truck on State Route 68 Thursday, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS). Agency spokesman Bart Graves said John Gutierrez, 81, was dead at the scene of the crash. Officers responded at 11:06 a.m. and determined that the sedan was on Colorado Road and failed to stop before entering the westbound lanes of the highway. Graves said the pickup truck t-boned the driver’s side of the sedan. Graves said a passenger in the sedan sustained non…

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Jamison receives nine years with plea agreement

Probation violations and new criminal cases resolved through a single plea agreement result in a nine year prison term for a Bullhead City woman. Lisa Marie Jamison, 39, was sentenced Friday, May 24, by Mohave County Superior Court Judge Derek Carlisle. Jamison was placed on probation in December, 2015 after pleading guilty to four counts of child abuse by for endangering children who had access to four weapons and ammunition inside a Bullhead City apartment. Jamison was arrested on a failure to appear warrant when contacted in September, 2018. Police reportedly seized usable amounts of methamphetamine and marijuana, and some drug…

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June 7 is Wheels on Beale

Join in on the first Friday in June for Downtown Kingman’s First Friday’s Wheels on Beale! There will be TWO blocks closed this month! Between 3rd and 4th Streets will be all kinds of courses for bikes, skates, scooters, and skateboards! They’ll have DJ Jeremiah Green again playing everyone’s favorites while everyone checks out the other offerings. There will be pop-up parks all throughout Beale Street as well as family game centers and activities for kids! The event is free to attend. We are gracious to receive any monetary donations in order to keep Downtown Kingman’s First Friday going and…

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Lower energy costs lead to summer savings for UniSource Electric customers

UniSource Energy Services electric customers will enjoy summer bill savings that average more than $21 per month thanks to reduced natural gas and power prices. The Arizona Corporation Commission approved UniSource’s request to apply an energy cost credit of 1.85 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) to its electric bills from June 1 to Sept. 30. The credit is expected to reduce the bills of typical residential customers by $21.56 per month, on average, or nearly 18 percent.  “We’re passing along significant fuel and energy cost savings to our electric customers just in time for the summer, when temperatures rise and energy…

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