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Business theft foiled; reported by pawn shop

6 years ago10 months ago3 mins

GOLDEN VALLEY – A Golden Valley woman was arrested Thursday, August 29, for her alleged involvement in theft of property worth more than $14,000. Spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said the Mohave County Sheriff’s office began investigating August 20 when a business burglary was reported. Arriving investigators were advised that a lock had been broken off a storage building where the business was located in the 4700 block of the Oatman Highway. Tools and furniture that were engraved with the name of the business had been removed and stolen. Authorities advised area pawn shops that whoever stole the property might try to…

State News

China and US resume cooperation on deportation as Chinese immigrants rush in from southern border

10 months ago7 mins

WASHINGTON (AP) — Beijing and Washington have quietly resumed cooperation on the deportation of Chinese immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally, as the two countries are reestablishing and widening contacts following their leaders’ meeting in California late last year. After China suspended cooperation in August 2022, the United States saw a drastic surge in the number of Chinese immigrants entering the country illegally from Mexico. U.S. border officials arrested more than 37,000 Chinese nationals on the southern border in 2023, 10 times the number during the previous year, further exacerbating tensions over immigration going into the presidential election. In…

Understanding Social Security benefits

6 years ago3 mins

Social Security touches the lives of nearly every American, whether at the birth of a child, the loss of a loved one, the onset of a disability, or the transition from work to retirement. For more than 80 years, our programs have contributed to the financial security of the elderly and the disabled. Social Security replaces a percentage of a worker’s pre-retirement income based on their lifetime earnings. The amount of your average wages that Social Security retirement benefits replaces varies depending on your earnings and when you choose to start benefits. If you start benefits after full retirement age,…

Opinion

Neighbors need to slow down in neighborhoods

5 years ago1 mins

Dear Editor, I live on N. Bond St., and I am seeing people drive down the road at 30 to 45 mph in a 25 mph zone residential, and most are neighbors. I think they do it because they can get from point A to point B quicker. How can I get them to slow down? They think that N. Bond St is Nascar St., and that they are Rusty Wallace. A lot of them are senior citizens and if you drive the speed limit they tailgate you, then they give you the bird. Donald Darling Kingman

Primary election is Tuesday: Elections Director says ‘We’re ready”

7 months ago7 months ago2 mins

MOHAVE COUNTY – Local candidates have been off and running for some time now. Tuesday, July 30 is Primary Election Day in Arizona. The Mohave County Elections Department has been busy with election workers gearing up for the hectic day at the polls.

Court News

More than 1,000 pounds of marijuana seized in traffic stop

6 years ago10 months ago2 mins

More than a half ton of marijuana was seized during a Feb. 5 traffic stop near the Nevada border in north Mohave County. The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) said the pot was confiscated from a fake delivery van spotted on Interstate 15. “While the van had authentic-looking markings of a commercial package-delivery service, an officer with ADOT’s Enforcement and Compliance Division noticed that the vehicle, traveling northbound toward the Virgin River Gorge, had an out-of-state license plate on the front,” an ADOT news release stated. “Local delivery vans for the company have Arizona plates and registration, but a check…

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Business theft foiled; reported by pawn shop

China and US resume cooperation on deportation as Chinese immigrants rush in from southern border

Understanding Social Security benefits

Neighbors need to slow down in neighborhoods

Primary election is Tuesday: Elections Director says ‘We’re ready”

More than 1,000 pounds of marijuana seized in traffic stop

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