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Nepal, September 11 and Deadly Surprises     

Dear Editor, Surprises can be deadly. A devastating

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Mohave College launches two new certificates offering pathways

MOHAVE COUNTY - Mohave College is expanding opportunities for

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The 56th Annual Andy Devine Days Parade set

KINGMAN, Ariz. – It’s that time of year

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Transient pleads guilty to child pornography

KINGMAN, Ariz. – Guilty pleas have been entered

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One man’s friend is another man’s foe

Dear Editor, In this month of September 2026

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Man who pointed laser at medical helicopter may

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40th anniversary celebrated in style

BULLHEAD CITY – Last Sunday, Bullhead City turned 40, and the city spared no expense in celebrating that. Community Park was the site chosen for the Big Bash and Big it was. DOT Foods donated enough free food for the first 2,500 people, which lasted most of the day. The city set up giant pop-up water slides for the kids, the Splash Pad was in full effect, the city offered 40% off lawn chairs pop ups and other ways to relax in the mild weather that was right in time for the party,

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Head, Holmes stroll down memory lane as BHC’s anniversary party nears

BULLHEAD CITY – Rodney Head and Robin Holmes patrolled Bullhead City for the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) long before the Colorado River community incorporated 40 years ago in late Aug., 1984.

Holmes had a harsh introduction to the desert after moving from coastal California to work the Bullhead City district for the MCSO in 1976.

“It was so desolate and the wind was like 400 miles an hour and the dust flying everywhere,” Holmes recalled.

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