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Quinones takes plea in crash through dance studio

KINGMAN – The Fort Mohave woman whose vehicle struck a building housing a dance studio last year entered a plea agreement in Kingman Tuesday. Maria Lourdes Rolon Quinones pleaded guilty to criminal damage and driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol charges.

The Dream Big & Grow Dance Studio and its students were displaced when the Mercedes sport-utility vehicle operated by Rolon Quinones, 60, crashed into Unit 102 at the Palms Business Plaza, 4140 Lynn Drive, in Fort Mohave at 2:41 a.m. last Dec. 12.

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Repurposing is the new black

MOHAVE COUNTY – “Repurposing” is the newest frontier in landfill diversion and sustainability.  

So, what are some examples of “repurposing?”  It is taking a byproduct or waste stream such as a retired street sweeper brush and giving it a second life as a backscratcher for horses or cattle. It is taking a decommissioned fire hose and giving it an extended life as a boat dock fender. It is taking an obsolete ski lift cable and giving it a second life as hand railing in a luxury condo building.

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Ft. Mohave man killed in traffic crash

BULLHEAD CITY– A Sept. 1 single vehicle traffic fatality remains under investigation in Bullhead City. Police don’t know why the Chevrolet Equinox left the Bullhead Parkway near Camino Real Boulevard at about 1:15 p.m.

Bullhead City Police Department spokeswoman Emily Fromelt said George Hendrickson, 75, Fort Mohave, was dead at the scene. She said the vehicle traveled down a dirt embankment before striking a guardrail.

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