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Animal shelter will be out adopting dogs this weekend

KINGMAN – The Mohave County Animal Shelter will be at First Friday this October 4 with Dogs for adoption. Large dogs one year and over and over 30 pounds are $50. Smaller dogs and dogs under one year are $125. Each dog is spayed or neutered, microchipped, up to date on vaccines and comes with a free vet visit at adopter’s choice of any veterinarian in Kingman. The animal shelter staff will also be at Rt 66 Rotary’s Octoberfest at Metcalfe Park on from 3 to 7 p.m. selling pet related items and raffle tickets for pet related prizes and…

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Route 66b Street Drags presented to Rotary

The topic of Kingman Route 66 Rotary Club’s September 27 meeting was Route 66 Street Drags, presented by Brian Devincenzi/COO/Executive Producer of the event (shown with club president Karen Brown). Three hundred cars will vie for the title in nine classes over this three-day event October 25 through 27. This will be the first-ever legal street drag race of this size to be run on Route 66 anywhere in the country. For details, log on to www.RT66streetdrags.com or call 530-521-4016.

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“Fever” concert celebrates 50 years of music

BULLHEAD CITY – When Mohave High School opened its doors in September 1969, the Billboard number one songs were the Rolling Stones’ “Honky Tonk Women” and the Archies’ “Sugar, Sugar.”  The graduates in the first Class of 1970 nine months later were listening to the Guess Who’s “American Woman” and Ray Stevens’ “Everything is Beautiful.” The diversity in music during the 1960s and 1970s will be performed Wednesday night, October 2, at 7:00 p.m. when Mohave’s choirs present “Fever,” an eclectic collection of well-known songs and hidden gems as part of the high school’s ongoing 50th anniversary celebration. “Our vision…

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Burn ban lifted in Kingman

KINGMAN -In line with the Mohave County Board of Supervisors and the Bureau of Land Management, the City of Kingman has lifted the citywide burn ban. Citizens who were issued burn permits prior to the burn ban placed July 23, 2019 can now use the permit. If you desire to obtain a burn permit, please call 928-753-2891 or visit the Kingman Fire Department Administration Office at 412 East Oak St.

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Two who confessed to murder will not get death penalty

KINGMAN – The state is not seeking the death penalty for suspects who have reportedly confessed involvement in the murder of a Kingman woman and burial of her body which was encased in a 55-gallon drum. The revelation came during consecutive pre-trial conference hearings conducted Friday at the Mohave County courthouse in Kingman. Attorneys informed the court that plea agreement offers have been extended to Mark Baldonado, 31, and Carrie Vanover, 23. Both are charged with first degree murder, kidnapping, abandonment of a dead body and theft charges associated with the April 14 death of Shawn Vanover, 62. Court records…

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