Golden Valley News

County Public Works crews have a number of projects this week. In Dolan Springs, crews will be repairing fencing along 23rd Street and blading roads.

It's not unusual to see residents with horses, donkeys, dogs, chickens or maybe even sheep in Golden Valley.

Toys for Tots area coordinator Norman Burns stands amidst assorted empty boxes in a former car showroom at Martin Swanty Kia, 2610 E. Andy Devine Ave., which has been reworked into a distribution center for the charity.

Residents of the Chloride Domestic Water Improvement District may have to wait a little longer to get quality water.

Instructors from Mohave Community College will be teaching residents in 10 rural Mohave County locations next fall due to a $499,253 grant recently awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utility Services Distance Learning and Telemedicine.

The Kingman Planning & Zoning Commission has a new member in Sandi Reynolds. A former owner/broker of GV Properties in Golden Valley, Reynolds was appointed to Todd Tarson's vacant commission seat by a 4-2 vote of the City Council Monday evening, effectively replacing one Realtor with another.

Police have released a description of a suspect in the armed robbery of a Golden Valley bank.

A Golden Valley man awaiting his third trial for second-degree murder was in court Monday to answer to a new set of charges.

KINGMAN Former state Sen. Brenda Burns, a candidate for the Arizona Corporate Commission, is the guest speaker at Monday's Kingman Republican Men's Club meeting.

Medical providers throughout Mohave County have received their first shipment of 1,900 doses of the H1N1 "swine" flu vaccine.

Earl Engelhardt was crushed when Phantom Chambers, his popular haunted maze attraction, was unceremoniously shut down only days before opening last October due to longstanding zoning violations.

Despite numerous pleas from residents of Valle Vista to continue, delay or deny it, the Board of Supervisors Monday unanimously approved a zoning use permit and a minor amendment to the County General Plan for a biofuels plant along Route 66.

The Golden Valley Girls dress in the theme of "Ropin', Rustlin' and Ranglin'" during the annual Golden Valley Days Parade held Saturday morning on Verde Road.

Polish off those walking shoes - Kingman's 3rd Annual Walk Away From Drugs is set for this coming Tuesday.

Golden Valley Days are here again. The fun starts at 4 p.m. Friday with a flag-raising ceremony by Cub Scout Pack 57 at Veterans Park.

KINGMAN A pilot from Plymouth, Calif., experienced a minor malfunction while attempting to land his plane around 7 p.m. Sunday at the Kingman Airport.

MOHAVE COUNTY Mohave County road crews will be out next week applying aggregate on Diamond Bar Road from milepost 6.5 to 7.5. Crews will also be cleaning up storm damage and repairing road shoulders in Meadview and painting edgelines along Pierce Ferry Road from U.S. 93 to the Park Service boundary.

A Golden Valley man who believes he is being wrongly prosecuted says he will not accept a plea deal.

Kingman Parks and Recreation and the Kathryn Heidenreich Adult Center received 10 new computers thanks to a Community Development Block Grant.

The Golden Valley Fire District will hold a meeting tonight in which the board will figure out how to proceed after the fire chief walked off the job Tuesday.