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U.S. Issues Travel Warnings to Mexico

Dear Editor, In their June 8, 2021 Mexico

44th Annual Cancer Fair this weekend

KINGMAN – The Kingman Cancer Care Unit will

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KINGMAN – Calling all families! Join the Parks

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Valle Vista resident unhappy with fire service

Dear Editor, On Nov. 2, I called our local fire station in Valle Vista, which is operated by Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District (NACFD). I asked about pit fires due to the high fire alert and fire hazards due to dry vegetation. The person who answered the phone told me I was right, so I told him the location of the fire pit and he said he would look into it. My house could have burned down by then. After 30 minutes I called 911 and talked the a dispatcher, and I was transferred. Within about 10 minutes a fire…

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Preach to the nations

Genuine faith never comes by coercion, force, manipulation, or some type of trickery. The scripture is clear that unless God acts upon the heart of a person, that person will remain eternally lost in their sin. Jesus Christ did not force people to follow Him, nor did He take revenge because they rejected to follow. In Lukes’ gospel chapter nine, the disciples apparently thought that if Jesus would send fire down on the Samaritans that rejected him, that dramatic event may convince a whole lot of folks to think twice about rejecting the Son of God, therefore putting their faith…

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M14-P President speaks at Rotary

Speaking at Kingman Route 66 Rotary Club’s March 15 meeting was Jill Gernetzke (shown above with club president Becky Fawson). Gernetzke, a pilot and wing-walker, is President of M-14P.  On its website M-14P is billed as the world’s #1  provider of sales and service of M-14P aircraft and is located at 4905 Flightline Drive in Kingman Airport’s Business Complex. For further information on M-14P, log onto it’s website at m-14p.com or phone 928-681-4400. 

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15 years for traffic fatal

BULLHEAD CITY – A Bullhead City woman will go to the Arizona Department of Corrections after pleading guilty in a fatal traffic accident. Deputy Mohave County Attorney Jacob Cote said 51-year-old Lidia Tapia was intoxicated by alcohol and had methamphetamine in her system when the Camry she was operating rear-ended a Ford Expedition on Highway 68 in Golden Valley in Oct., 2022. The driver of the other vehicle, Michael Bunes, 51, Golden Valley, was dead at the scene of the accident. Three passengers in the Expedition and Tapia were treated for injuries at Kingman Regional Medical Center. Aggravated assault, criminal…

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Miller exits as interim Kingman City Manager

KINGMAN – Deputy Kingman City Manager Tina Moline will serve as Acting Manager until the city brings its new top administrator on board in the spring. Grady Miller served as Interim Kingman Manager since late Sept. in the aftermath of the firing of former manager Ron Foggin last Aug. Miller has exited northwest Arizona for a new gig in the town of Cave Creek outside Phoenix. Miller addressed the Cave Creek town council and community following his first day on the job Monday, Feb. 5. “To the residents who are here tonight, I’m sure that over time I’ll have an…

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