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Ambulance involved in fatal crash

BULLHEAD CITY ­- On Tuesday, December 28, at approximately 7:40 a.m. emergency crews responded to a collision on the Bullhead Parkway just north of Silvercreek Road.  It was reported that Christopher Wayne Cary, 52, of Bullhead City was southbound on the parkway when he crossed the median and struck an AMR ambulance head on.  The ambulance had just transported a patient to the Western Arizona Regional Medical Center (WARMC) and was heading north on the Parkway back to Laughlin, NV.  Cary was ejected from his vehicle on impact and the ambulance was flipped on its side.  The driver of the…

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Rancho Santa Fe Interchange slated for construction by summer

Long awaited project may come to fruition in Kingman; State to release $20-million pending KDP financing KINGMAN – A proposed Interstate 40 traffic interchange (TI) should be under construction in Kingman sometime this summer, according to Kingman City Manager Ron Foggin. He provided an update of the Rancho Santa Fe Interchange and Parkway project during Tuesday’s Kingman City Council meeting. Foggin said the State of Arizona will not release its $20-million contribution until the city and its private sector partner KDP Manager, LLC demonstrates their financing is in place.  “We have to provide the state proof that we have funding…

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Lake Havasu City Holiday Closures

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Lake Havasu City offices will be closed on Friday, Dec. 24, for the Christmas holiday and Friday, Dec. 31 for the New Year’s Day holiday.  Aquatic Center and Havasu Mobility services are unavailable. Police and Fire Department services are unaffected, however administrative offices are closed. All City offices resume normal schedules on Monday, Dec. 27 following the Christmas holiday and Monday, Jan. 3, 2022 following the New Year’s Day holiday. Please Note: Trash and recycling services are not impacted.

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Lake Havasu City Holiday Closures

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Lake Havasu City offices will be closed on Friday, Dec. 24, for the Christmas holiday and Friday, Dec. 31 for the New Year’s Day holiday.  Aquatic Center and Havasu Mobility services are unavailable. Police and Fire Department services are unaffected, however administrative offices are closed. All City offices resume normal schedules on Monday, Dec. 27 following the Christmas holiday and Monday, Jan. 3, 2022 following the New Year’s Day holiday. Please Note: Trash and recycling services are not impacted.

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Kingman city government holiday hours and closures

KINGMAN – City offices will be open regular hours, Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. – 6 p.m. the week of Dec. 20 and 27. However, there will be no residential or commercial trash service Friday, Dec. 24; Thursday and Friday customers should put their cans out one day early. There will also not be residential or commercial trash service Friday, Dec. 31; Thursday and Friday customers should put their cans out one day early. KART will not run Friday, Dec. 24 or Sat., December 25. KART will be open the normal schedule Friday, December 31, and customers can “ride free” that day. KART will not…

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Kingman massage parlors raided

Prostitution and money laundering suspected KINGMAN – A citizen complaint sparked a Kingman Police Department (KPD) investigation of suspected prostitution and money laundering activity related to alleged illegal massage parlor enterprises operating in Kingman. Officers seized cash, notes and ledgers and other possible evidence during Dec. 7 searches of five businesses and a home. A worried wife tipped off police in a July 16 letter. “The complainant stated that her husband has been frequenting Healthy Spa and he admitted to having sex with the owner identified as MIMI and other girls employed there,” the letter stated, according to court records….

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