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The Marshall-Brennan chapter at Lee Williams High School in Kingman has first and second place finishes in its first two years of national competition before a panel of federal judges in Washington D.C. Students participating in the club learn about law, the Constitution and U.S. Supreme Court.    Senior River Sutton won the national championship last year when Lee Williams sent its first team to the finals for the very first time. And junior Katie Marbury finished second when the 2019 finals concluded on April 7.    Mohave County public defender Nathan Best and deputy county attorney Karolina Czaplinska, assisted by retired…

A monthly study released by the Bureau of Reclamation indicates this winter’s plentiful snowpack will benefit the Colorado River Basin through increased runoff to crucial reservoirs. With the improved hydrology, Lake Powell’s operation for water year 2019 will shift to a balancing release of up to 9.0 million acre-feet.   Snowpack in the upper Colorado River basin is about 130 percent of average, with a forecasted April through July inflow into Lake Powell of 9.20 maf, or 128 percent of average. That above-average inflow projection is due to extremely wet conditions in the basin during February and March. Releases from…

Kingman Route 66 Rotary Club’s April 12th speaker was Kingman’s Planning and Economic Development Director Gary Kellogg (shown left with club president Becky Fawson). Kellogg presented a 7 minute black and white video, “WW2 AC Last Stand” by Howard Grounds depicting the destruction of World War 2 airplanes at Kingman Airport. Over 5,000 planes were destroyed following WW2. Aluminum from the planes was smelted and it, along with tires, fuel and any other salvageable items were sold.