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Toys for Tots collects for local needy children

MOHAVE COUNTY - The annual U.S. Marine Corps

Welcome Vern Lewis Welding Supply to Kingman

KINGMAN - On Oct. 29-30, Vern Lewis Welding

Prove Me Wrong

Many today would say that the stereotypes of

NACFD issues burn ban

KINGMAN - The Mohave County Board of Supervisors

County road work

MOHAVE COUNTY - Late Thursday afternoon, the Mohave

Gadjoyan charged with vehicular assault

Michael Gadjoyan KINGMAN – An arrest is reported

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Making an Entrance

I have three doors in which to enter my home, namely, the front, the back, and the garage. I have three doors in which to enter my church, one in front and two side ones. Coincidence? Yes. But are three entrances enough for either? From a literal sense, of course. Could it be argued that figuratively my church needs more doorways? Yes. Let me explain. Whenever I have taken a taxi, traveled on a train, or attended a sporting event at a large stadium, I am offered multiple doors to pass through. Why? Because there is a consumer demand for…

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Teen take plea in burglary spree; may be sentenced to 11.5 years

GOLDEN VALLEY – A Golden Valley teenager involved in a burglary spree is going to the Arizona Department of Corrections. An 11.5-year prison term is mandated in a plea agreement entered March 1 for Austin Ward, 19. Twelve miscellaneous charges are dismissed in exchange for Ward’s convictions for five burglary charges, theft of means of transportation and unlawful flight from law enforcement. Prosecutor Bob Moon said Ward was a one-man crime wave who left at least 20 victims in his wake  in the Golden Valley and Kingman area. Moon said Ward targeted commercial and residential property and vehicles during his crime…

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Avila extradited to face charges in 2022 double homicide

KINGMAN – The arraignment of defendants in criminal court proceedings is most commonly mundane, ministerial and uneventful. It was no different when Daniel Avila finally made his first local court appearance on May 16, nearly two years after he allegedly killed a Kingman area couple. Avila, 26, El Mirage, faces prosecution for the June 27, 2022 shooting deaths of Retta Atkins, 73, also known as the “Gold Lady”, and Darren VanHouten, 50, at their home on the backside of the Hualapai Mountains from Kingman. Eerie surveillance system video from their residence in the 2900 block of Dilligaf Road reveals a subject…

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