Monitoring a prescribed fire on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park (Photo: National Park Service) Grand Canyon, AZ– The Ikes Fire, which started on July 25th, is approximately 25 acres. Fire behavior was active with surface fire of three to five foot flames where the fire was consuming dead logs. The fire is Read more
Work began on the installation of the City’s first reclaimed water injection well this month. (Photo: City of Kingman) KINGMAN, Ariz. – Work began on the installation of the City’s first reclaimed water injection well this month, with a projected finish date before the end of the year. Reclaimed water from the Hilltop Waste Water Read more
Hermino Morales (Photo: MCSO) KINGMAN – Mohave County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Hermino Morales, 36 years , Kingman, for domestic violence, aggravated assault with deadly weapon, aggravated assault with temporary disfigurement and criminal damage as well as preventing or interfering with 911 (Felonies). According to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office, Deputies responded to an address Read more
A Yucca Fire District truck sits in front of the Yucca water tank. (Photo: Yucca Fire District) YUCCA – According to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office, Matthew Young, the Fire Chief for the Yucca Fire District turned himself in to Detectives on Wednesday, July 24, 2019. Young told Detectives that he had embezzled approximately $40,000 Read more
Dean Paul Tarnow (Photo: MCSO) LAKE HAVASU CITY – The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office has been conducting undercover sting operations around Mohave County for the past several months. The operation targets individuals who are using the internet to lure minors for sexual exploitation. As a result of the most recent operation, one individual has been Read more
Google Earth image of Interstate 40 and Highway 95 LAKE HAVASU CITY – The Arizona Department of Transportation advises motorists to plan ahead and allow extra travel time on Interstate 40 at the Lake Havasu City traffic interchange (Exit 9) on Monday, July 29. The SR 95 southbound lane will be closed from 5 a.m. Read more
Trees burning at night. (Photo: Birgit Lengert/File Photo MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave County is implementing outdoor fire and permissible consumer fireworks use prohibitions on private and public lands in the unincorporated areas of the county, effective 8 a.m., Wednesday, July 24, 2019, due to the very high fire danger caused by extremely dry vegetation, lack Read more
A blue Ford F250 involved in a fatal vehicle accident on July 19, 2019. (Photo: KPD) KINGMAN – Vehicle accident on Gordon Drive, claimed the life of a Kingman man. According to Kingman Police Department, on Friday, July 19, 2019, at about 11:00 p.m., officers responded to the report of a vehicle accident crash on Read more
A Kingman woman and her boyfriend murdered the woman’s mother because they feared she would attempt to take custody of their son, according to the statement of probable cause for the search that led to the discovery and recovery of the victim’s body. 62-year-old Shawn Vanover apparently had legal custody of Carrie Vanover’s five-year old Read more
After 9:00pm last night on July 20, off of Thompson and Powell road a trailer caught fire. According to bystanders, the trailer was vacant when the fire started. The neighbor across the street from the home, said she heard a pop sound and soon after went outside to see the trailer engulfed with flames. The Read more