Trending Today ...
vegetables
Bullhead Food Bank recognized for expansion efforts

BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. – The Arizona Department of

Letter to the Editor
Why early reading intervention can’t wait until parent-teacher

Dear Editor, Across the country, educators continue to grapple with

school bus
Mohave College launches K-5 literacy endorsement courses for

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave College is now enrolling

judge bench
Waninger enters plea for posted nude pics of

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. – A Lake Havasu

masonic lodge
Historic Masonic Lodge to host open house

KINGMAN, Ariz. – Kingman Masonic Lodge No. 22,

gavel
Deaf defendant gets probation in OIS

KINGMAN, Ariz. – Attorneys and the judge shouted

Thank you for reading The Standard newspaper online!

Psyched-Out

There are only 85 days left.

Now some of you are counting on your fingers and toes and have determined I must be wrong; there are 62 days.

Nope it’s 85 and how do I know?  Because I am not talking about the presidential election. I am thinking of Thanksgiving.

The irony is not lost on me in what may be the most divided time in recent American history politically, we will collectively pause and give thanks for friends, family, and hopefully God.

Read More

New Beginnings Fellowship to have new digs

KINGMAN – The New Beginnings Fellowship is eager to develop a new church property in Kingman. A Conditional Use Permit for the project was approved during the Aug. 14 meeting of the Kingman City Planning and Zoning Commission.

The church is planned on a 3.15-acre parcel at the southwest corner of Riata Valley Road and Western Avenue.

“There’s some vacant property adjacent to the site to the west and to the south. There’s also an assisted living facility to the south, an auto dealership to the south and single-family residential uses to the east and north,”

Read More

Better Next Time

Goethe, the eighteenth-century playwright, once said, “Let everyone sweep in front of his own doorstep and the whole world will be clean.”

I saw something the other day that impressed me and caused me to consider my own behavior and, sadly, my failings. I was in the commercial parking lot with Staples, Big 5, and Taco Bell, had just parked my truck, and was headed-in to the office supply store.

Read More

A Plea for Sanity

This is not a political post, an institutional condemnation, nor a cry for sanction. It is
something else, a plea for sanity.
Like many Americans, the recent debate between presidential candidates was eye
opening. These wildly unpopular men scarcely seemed like statesmen.
But who are we to blame?

Read More