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Dear Editor, Surprises can be deadly. A devastating

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Mohave College launches two new certificates offering pathways

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The 56th Annual Andy Devine Days Parade set

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KINGMAN, Ariz. – Guilty pleas have been entered

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COVID relief used for $40 million tutoring program

PHOENIX (AP) – Arizona is channeling $40 million in federal COVID-19 relief funding toward tutoring students falling behind in school, the state superintendent said Tuesday. Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne announced at a news conference that free tutoring will be available for students who failed to pass proficiency tests in reading, writing and math. The tutoring program, however, will be given on a first-come, first-served basis. Only students between first and eighth grades at public and charter schools will be eligible. Parents can request it through the Arizona Department of Education website. “I have one obsession in life. My…

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LHCPD to host community workshops and presentations

LAKE HAVASU CITY – The Lake Havasu City Police Department has announced several community workshops and presentations that will take place in the coming months. The purpose of these workshops is to give citizens the opportunity to learn about what police work is like in Lake Havasu City, directly from LHCPD employees. Citizens can get a chance to learn about the department’s use of force policy, patrol procedures, investigative techniques, and various other duties that its employees are entrusted with. The first workshop will take place on Friday, October 20, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the LHCPD Training…

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Simply the Best benefit concert slated

LAKE HAVASU CITY – This September, the Havasu community will pay homage to recently lost musical legend Tina Turner for a great cause.  Organized by the Havasu Community Health Foundation (HCHF), celebrity impersonator Tina Tina along with The Motown Blossoms, will join together on stage to perform your favorite Turner hits along with Motown classics courtesy of The Motown Blossoms.  By the mid 1970s, Turner began her solo career. In the early 1980s, Turner was signed by Capital Records during her second performance at the Ritz. Her cover of Al Green’s Let’s Stay Together reached many European charts and in the U.S., the song was…

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Simply the Best benefit concert slated

LAKE HAVASU CITY – This September, the Havasu community will pay homage to recently lost musical legend Tina Turner for a great cause.  Organized by the Havasu Community Health Foundation (HCHF), celebrity impersonator Tina Tina along with The Motown Blossoms, will join together on stage to perform your favorite Turner hits along with Motown classics courtesy of The Motown Blossoms.  By the mid 1970s, Turner began her solo career. In the early 1980s, Turner was signed by Capital Records during her second performance at the Ritz. Her cover of Al Green’s Let’s Stay Together reached many European charts and in the U.S., the song was…

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Police identify killer in 1987 cold case on hiking trail

PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) – A young college student who was brutally killed on a Prescott hiking trail decades ago was the victim of a serial predator who took his own life years later, authorities said Friday. Yavapai County Sheriff David Rhodes announced at a news conference that DNA evidence indicates Bryan Scott Bennett was the man responsible for 23-year-old Catherine “Cathy” Sposito’s 1987 death. In November 2022, authorities had the body of Bennett, who killed himself in 1994, exhumed. It wasn’t until March that investigators confirmed DNA on a wrench used in the slaying belonged to him. By releasing this…

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