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Student backpack drive was a success!

Dear Editor, The Kingman Area Food Bank provided

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LHC murder suicide under investigation

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Homicide suspect apprehended in Bullhead City

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It was a magical evening at the Moose

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Walgreens parking lot shooter sentenced

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Fatality at the Colorado River

A July 4 fatality is reported on the Colorado River. Bullhead City police spokeswoman Emily Fromelt said a man was fatally injured and his granddaughter was hurt when the personal watercraft he was operating crashed into some rocks on the Nevada side of the Colorado River across from Davis Camp. Authorities responding to the 1:30 p.m. accident transported both victims to Western Arizona Regional Medical Center. Claro Ponciano, 56, San Fernando Valley, California, died at the hospital while his 16 year-old granddaughter was released following treatment.

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Mohave County court system conducting more trials

More and more trials are being conducted in the Mohave County court system. Court Administrator Kip Anderson said 89 trials were conducted in the just concluded fiscal year compared with 58 in fiscal year 2017-18, an increase of roughly 30%. “These numbers represent juries scheduled and called to appear,” Anderson said. “Other trials were set and then canceled.” Presiding Judge Charles Gurtler explained that there are occasions where jurors are summoned but trials are not conducted because cases are resolved or rescheduled at the last minute. Gurtler said increasing criminal case filings are driving up the trial numbers. “Criminal filings…

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Romero has plea deal rejected

A local judge has rejected a plea agreement proposed for a Bullhead City resident charged in separate assaults. Judge Billy Sipe said the deal requiring a 3.5 year prison term for 26-year-old Luis Romero was too lenient. “I just simply cannot accept this limitation,” Sipe said during a Tuesday hearing in Kingman. Sipe said Romero deserves more prison time for separate attacks last year; one involving a girlfriend and the other a man who was beaten inside and outside of a vehicle in the 2000 block of Highway 95. “This is a case where the defendant severely beat the victim…

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Animal Care & Welfare making a difference in the Bullhead community

Bullhead City Animal Care & Welfare (ACW) and T.L.C. (Tender Loving Care) Veterinary Services continue to make a difference in the community by providing affordable vaccine and animal wellness clinics for pet owners. From July 2018 to May 2019,veterinarian services were provided to 729 pet owners and administered 1,523 vaccinations. (521 rabies, 446 distemper/parvo, 431 bordetella, 67 feline distemper, and 58 leukemia). The clinics also provided deworming medication for 379 animals, inserted 75 microchips, and performed 14 wellness exams. “Residents should take advantage of these low cost clinics where services are performed by a licensed veterinarian,” said Bradley Oliver, Support Services Division Manager…

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Get hooked on AZGFD’s enhanced online Fish & Boat AZ map

The adventurous Arizona angler, boater or paddler now has a tackle-box tool that can unlock about any fishing excursion in the state. With destinations ranging from high-elevation lakes in pine forests to waters in grasslands and desert areas, how does someone decide where to go? The new edition of the Fish & Boat AZ map is now available for anglers to choose their own hook-and-line adventure. See the map. Fish and Boat AZ not only gives door-to-ramp driving directions to individual waters statewide, it is filled with fishing reports and forecasts, stocking information, bag limits, and locations of marinas, pump-out…

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