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Mohave College All-Arizona Academic Team honored at statewide

Mohave College's 2026 All-Arizona Academic Team was honored

AZ Department of Gaming launches On-Demand Responsible Gaming

PHOENIX — The Arizona Department of Gaming (Department)

Minor firefighter injuries in Havasu house fire

LAKE HAVASU CITY – At approximately 11:28 a.m.

Probation for Ketchersid in fentanyl seizure case

KINGMAN – The first of three defendants charged

Chloride All Town Yard Sale set

CHLORIDE – Chloride will host their annual All

Charges dismissed for threatening Public Works Director at

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A citizen who threatened

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Solar rooftop will power Havasu splash pad

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Unisource Energy Services will build a shade structure with a solar rooftop component to help power a water feature at a park in Lake Havasu City. The renewable energy credit agreement approved during the Jan. 22 Lake Havasu City Council meeting moves forward an initiative patterned after a similar project in Kingman. Lake Havasu Parks and Recreation Manager Michael Keene said the rooftop solar generating shade structure will be erected at Mesquite Park. He said units atop the 21 X 16 sq. ft. structure will provide up to 85% of the power needed to operate the…

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Future of Palo Christi building continues to be debated

KINGMAN – The future of Palo Christi Elementary, changing attendance zones and a new principal were issues addressed during the Feb. 12 meeting of the Kingman Unified School District (KUSD) governing board meeting. District officials are in the very early stages of considering seeking voter approval of a multi-million dollar bond issue to refurbish the historic elementary school in downtown Kingman. “Acquiring the funds necessary to remodel Palo Christi would no doubt require the approval of voters for a bond at either a special or general election, a potentially risky and costly proposition,” Rice said. “I’d also like to argue…

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I-40 homicide: Man admits to shooting co-worker

Names of parties involved in a Kingman homicide and some details of the Feb. 11 incident on Interstate 40 are beginning to surface. The Department of Public Safety said Bradley Stumpf, 31, has admitted shooting the victim Jason McCafferty, 46, believed to be a Kingman area resident. Stump’s reported confession is laid out in a probable cause affidavit that the Department of Public Safety filed in Kingman Justice Court. The report indicated that the men had been performing survey work in the Phoenix area and were returning to Kingman when the shooting was reported on the Stockton Hill Road off…

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Hegge ordered to pay restitution prior to sentencing

A unique plea agreement has been crafted for a Bullhead City man, providing him incentive to reimburse the state of Arizona in a benefit theft caper. Prosecutor Jacob Cote said that Jonathan Hegge, 36, illegally obtained DES and AHCCS benefits worth more than $67,000 from the State of Arizona while he and his wife lived in southern Nevada between late Jan., 2014 and late Oct., 2015. Cote said Hegge also served as a lookout at the Mohave County jail when two other inmates fought in a cell on Nov. 23 last year. He said Hegge did not participate in the…

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More than 1,000 pounds of marijuana seized in traffic stop

More than a half ton of marijuana was seized during a Feb. 5 traffic stop near the Nevada border in north Mohave County. The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) said the pot was confiscated from a fake delivery van spotted on Interstate 15. “While the van had authentic-looking markings of a commercial package-delivery service, an officer with ADOT’s Enforcement and Compliance Division noticed that the vehicle, traveling northbound toward the Virgin River Gorge, had an out-of-state license plate on the front,” an ADOT news release stated. “Local delivery vans for the company have Arizona plates and registration, but a check…

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Deray Smith arrested on assault, criminal damages charges

  KINGMAN – Mohave County Sheriff’s Office arrested Deray Sonson Smith, 28, of Kingman, for assault, aggravated assault, disorderly conduct, and criminal damage, all felonies. On Friday, Jan. 18, at approximately 8:50 p.m., deputies responded to a residence in the 3700 block of Shaeffer Ave. in reference to a domestic violence situation. While responding, deputies observed a male subject, later identified as Smith, walking east on Shaeffer away from the residence and made contact. Smith stated he had left the residence five minutes prior. Upon arrival at the residence, the victim advised that she had returned home with her child…

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