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Dot Foods teams up with FEMA to increase food donations during pandemic

Dot Foods, Inc., the largest food industry redistributor in North America, has partnered with the Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA) to identify and donate food to disaster relief agencies across the U.S.  Since mid-March, Dot has donated more than $10 million worth of food.  While Dot immediately began donating to local agencies when COVID hit, it had more product available than the local food banks and pantries surrounding its 12 U.S. distribution centers could take.  So, Dot turned to FEMA. “The relationship with FEMA has given us an opening to work with large national agencies that are in the forefront of disaster…

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Laughlin Bridge to official receive a name

BULLHEAD CITY – Laughlin town founder Don Laughlin was the key figure in proposing and funding construction ago of the bridge that spans the Colorado River, linking Bullhead City with the town of Laughlin, near Laughlin’s Riverside Resort Hotel and Casino. City manager Toby Cotter told council members Jan. 5 that the bridge that opened to traffic in 1987 was never formally named, and is actually known as “B-1847”. Cotter urged council members to work to name the bridge in Laughlin’s honor before any discussion begins with regard to naming the second bridge over the river that’s expected to go out to…

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Potholing to begin in downtown Kingman

KINGMAN – Safe Site will be in the downtown area over the next two weeks to conduct pothole investigations that will greatly assist the city in the design to mitigate utility conflicts once construction starts on the Downtown Sewer Outfall Relocation Project. The potholing will take place on Route 66/Andy Devine Ave., 1st and 2nd Streets (both sides of the railroad), Topeka St., and Old Trails Road. Work crews can be expected to start early next week and should continue for approximately two weeks. Traffic control at the locations will be changing daily, so the city is reminding the traveling public to…

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Arsons spark reward offer

KINGMAN – Detectives with the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office, Kingman Police Department and investigators with the Kingman Fire Department, are actively investigating several residential arsons that have occurred in the Kingman area over the past couple of months. The fires have occurred at vacant residences and no one has been injured during the fires. Silent Witness is currently offering a reward up to $500.00 for information that leads to the arrest of those responsible for the fires. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Silent Witness at 1-888-227-8780.

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Guilty plea in heroin transport case

KINGMAN – A Denver, Colorado man hauling dope through north Mohave County has entered a plea agreement that could land him in the Arizona Department of Corrections. Sergio Amezquita-Aceves, 32, pleaded guilty to transportation of narcotic drugs for sale during a Jan. 6 hearing in Kingman. Deputy county attorney Leah Nelson said Amezquita-Aceves was pulled over for a window traffic infraction last Sept. on Interstate 15, about 8 miles south of the Utah border. She said a consent search of the vehicle he was operating yielded discovery of packages containing six pounds of illegal drugs. “The defendant admitted that the packages contained…

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DV call leads to drug arrests

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Police discovered drugs and made arrests after responding to a domestic violence report at a home in the 2600 block of Avalon Pl. Robert Neal, 46, and Melissa Coffey-Meyer, 49, were taken into custody while investigating the incident Tuesday night. “Officers located and seized approximately 13 ounces of methamphetamine, numerous items of drug paraphernalia, $3,386 in currency, hundreds of blank credit cards, numerous fraudulent identification cards, credit card manufacturing equipment and a large number of counterfeit bills,” a news release stated. Neal and Coffee-Meyer were both booked into the Mohave County Adult Detention Facility on charges…

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