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Bullhead City Police Lieutenant Nicholas Sessions

Bullhead City Police Lieutenant Nick Sessions, who died after a prolonged fight against COVID-19 on August 6, 2021, will be remembered by the Bullhead City Police Department and greater public safety community with an honors funeral service next week. The funeral service for Lt. Nick Sessions will be held on Thursday, August 19th at 10 a.m. MST at the Anderson Auto Group Fieldhouse, 3663 Bullhead Parkway, in Bullhead City. A police procession will commence prior to the funeral service.  Lt. Sessions served in the United States Army and was a police officer for the LaVerne, CA Police Department before joining the Bullhead…

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A life of service and devotion: in memoriam of Chaplain Paul Pitts

Few people live a life as spirited and poignant as the life that Chaplain Paul Pitts lead. Chaplain Pitts dedicated his life to working and ministering in his community and providing much-needed support and guidance to his fellow veterans. “He was totally—100%—devoted to veterans,” Father Philip Shaw said of his dear friend. Pitts worked as an Airforce Auxiliary Chaplain, a hospice Chaplain for Living Waters Hospice in Golden Valley, and as a Chaplain for countless other service members and first responders in our community. “He probably did his best work through the Jerry Ambrose Veterans Council,” Shaw continued. “He was…

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COVID claims police lieutenant

BULLHEAD CITY – A veteran member of the Bullhead City Police Department has lost a prolonged battle with COVID-19 and complications from the coronavirus. The agency expressed deep sadness in a Facebook post noting Friday night’s passing of Lieutenant Nick Sessions. Sessions joined the Department in January 1999. “You could always count on Lt. Sessions for a laugh and a story, often both at once. He epitomized pride, dedication, honor and commitment. He put his all into helping others – fellow officers and community members alike – and doing it with a smile and wry humor,” the post read. “Everywhere he worked, Lt….

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Top county employee dies

KINGMAN – Mohave County is mourning the loss of Yvonne Orr, its Administrative Services Director. Orr had been treated for an unspecified period of time at Kingman Regional Medical Center before she was transferred to a Phoenix hospital where she died Thursday. “With a very sad and heavy heart I inform you that Yvonne Orr passed away today,” county manager Sam Elters said in a memo to county employees. “Her family is in a state of shock and have asked for privacy.” Elters’ memo asked that the family not be contacted and it did not indicate a cause of Orr’s…

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