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Night work scheduled on Airway Avenue for utility

KINGMAN – The City of Kingman is notifying

Mohave Electric announces classroom grant winners

BULLHEAD CITY – Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) awarded eighteen

Full closure of Airway Ave, Flying Fortress Pkwy

KINGMAN – The City of Kingman is notifying

National Day of Prayer observed

KINGMAN – A National Day of Prayer event

Two years for possession of a kilogram of

KINGMAN – Transporting illegal drugs into Mohave County

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Bullhead City hosts recycle/shred day

The City of Bullhead City in sponsorship with Mohave Shred and Nevada State Recycling will be hosting a residential household e-waste and shred day on Saturday, May 18. Residents from Fort Mohave, Mohave Valley, Laughlin and surrounding areas are invited to join Bullhead City residents for a day of recycling and disposing of electronic items and document shredding in a safe manner. This one-day event will take place from 8 a.m. to noon at the Bullhead City Government Complex parking lot located at 1255 Marina Blvd. Mohave Shred will be shredding your recyclable papers for a nominal fee of $5…

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Western Arizona Council of EMS awards Paramedic of the Year

On May 9, 2019 The Western Arizona Council of EMS “WACEMS” awarded city of Kingman Fire Captain Tanner Miller the prestigious award of Paramedic of the Year. Captain Miller was nominated by Kingman Fire Battalion Chief of EMS Rink Gordon. BC Gordon stated that “Captain Miller has always showed care and compassion to his colleagues and patients he has encountered”. Captain Miller has taken upon himself to make sure his peers within the Kingman Fire Department are up to date with all of their professional standards certifications. BC Gordon stated that “Tanner has taken on his own task to instruct…

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Hutchinson smuggled drugs prior to inmate overdoses

Investigation has determined that a jail inmate used a body cavity to smuggle dangerous drugs into the Mohave County Adult Detention Center in Kingman. That’s the primary update from the Mohave County Sheriff’s office regarding the April 16 hospitalization of five jail inmates for treatment of overdoses within the jail. Detectives learned that inmate Jonathan Hutchinson, 24, of Parker, had smuggled contraband into the Detention Facility in his body cavity,” a news release stated. “The investigation revealed that Hutchinson had smuggled into the Detention Facility approximately 30 counterfeit hydrocodone 30 mg pills and an unknown amount of methamphetamine.” Sheriff’s office…

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Kingman movie maker, Neel Patel’s new film, “Mr. Deshee” is finished.

Neel Patel is a producer and writer, known for the films, “Attack of the Unknown,” “Space Captain,” and “Callista.” Patel’s new film, “Mr. Deshee” focuses on what Patel says is, “A very hot topic in the USA presently.” That topic is illegal immigrants coming from India to the United States via Mexico. Patel says, “Most people think that only Mexicans cross American boarders rather than people from all over the world.” Patel continues, “However, people go to South American, and then they cross the border to get to the USA. There are many people from India that have come in…

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Couch sentenced to five years for possession charge

A distraught Bullhead City woman begged for reconsideration when it became clear that a judge was rejecting probation and  sending her to prison during a May 3 sentencing hearing in Kingman. Debra Couch, 53, told Mohave County Superior Court Judge Derek Carlisle she entered a plea agreement resolving two drug cases hoping to avoid prison. “I would have won at trial,” Couch said. “Ms. Couch. You didn’t take it to trial. You pled guilty,” Judge Carlisle responded. Carlisle told Couch that her guilty plea to attempted possession of dangerous drugs for sale discounted her claim that she was merely present in…

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Wear Your Life Jacket to Work Day Friday, May 17

The Arizona Game and Fish Department, together with boating professionals and enthusiasts nationwide, will demonstrate the importance of remaining safe on the water by participating in Wear Your Life Jacket to Work Day on Friday, May 17. The annual event, hosted by the National Safe Boating Council (NSBC) serves as a fun, educational element ahead of National Safe Boating Week, which runs from Saturday, May 18 to Friday, May 24. The event helps to raise awareness of different life jacket types, while demonstrating their comfort and versatility by wearing them to work. “There really is no reason not to wear…

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