http://kdminer.com en-us Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:16:42 GMT Daily feed of articles. No commercial use of these feed links is permitted without the written permission of the publisher. http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=49092 Maybe the third time will be a charm for Planning and Zoning Commissioner Allen Mossberg. Mossberg recently filed paperwork with the Kingman city clerk's office to run as a write-in candidate for City Council in the upcoming election. Latest News Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:01:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=49093 The city's subdivision ordinance could be tested during today's City Council meeting Latest News Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:01:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=49094 Supervisor Gary Watson got a round of applause Monday when he said his colleagues not only need to consider postponing any new security measures at county buildings, they also need to consider why the county had to put security measures in place to begin with. Watson told the Board he was asking for the postponement for two reasons. The first is to allow the new Board of Supervisors, elected in November, to assess the situation and come up with their own suggestions for security improvements. Latest News Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:01:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=49090 Kindergarten students at Hualapai Elementary School sing "Get Your Kicks on Route 66" for a crowd of parents Friday during their annual "Transportation Parade." The kindergartners have been studying different modes of transportation. Latest News Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=49091 Authorities issued nearly 100 citations during another speed detail on Pierce Ferry Road, this one coinciding with the Chinese New Year. Latest News Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=49063 A 55-year-old man who served 5 years in prison for molesting two of his daughters is going back to the Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to molesting his grandchildren. Latest News Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:05:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=49060 The Kingman Boomers non-profit has collected $8,000 toward its goal of having $25,000 for a community Fourth of July fireworks display, Mike Bihuniak said. Bihuniak is president of the organization. The next fundraiser is Saturday in the Old Elks' building in downtown Kingman, where a celebration of Arizona's centennial will take place. The Boomers will be selling items to aid the fundraising effort. Latest News Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:01:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=49062 The Community Organization of Meadview held a "Panel Discussion-Pathway to Arizona Statehood" Thursday in the Meadview Civic Association Building. Members of the COM and citizens of the town dressed up in costume for the panel, acted as various figures from Arizona's past as a way to celebrate Arizona's centennial. Latest News Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:01:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=49061 First go-round on bid process for job turned into a fiasco Latest News Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=49064 Kingman detectives are serving as the independent agency charged with investigating an officer-involved fatal shooting that occurred earlier this week in Lake Havasu City. Latest News Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=49065 Voters have two more chances to meet and question Kingman mayoral and Council candidates over the next week or so. Your first opportunity comes at 11:30 a.m. today at the Elks Lodge when the Kingman Republican Women's Club holds a forum for the three candidates for mayor, incumbent John Salem and Bill Goodale and Ed Jones. Latest News Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=49029 The Kingman Unified School District has the money to open Lee Williams High to a freshman class of 250 to 300 students in the fall, but financial concerns focused on what might happen in the next couple of years may stop KUSD's governing board from doing so. Here's the good news: The district built up some nice reserves over the last few years. Here's the bad news: The district has been deficit spending and using the reserves to even out the budget. Latest News Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:01:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=49031 Supervisor Gary Watson is asking the county to take a second look at space in the county's buildings for the Mohave County Library Annex in Kingman. Watson's request is on Monday's agenda for the Board of Supervisors meeting. Latest News Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:01:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=49030 A domestic violence call led to the discovery of several marijuana plants growing in the home. Latest News Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=49033 KINGMAN The Kingman Police Department will host the first "Coffee with Cops" of 2012 from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday in the parking lot of Smith's Food & Drug, 3490 Stockton Hill Road. Latest News Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=49043 The body of a former director of a Farmington, NM., visitor's bureau was discovered in the desert south of Lake Havasu City Tuesday. Latest News Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=49044 A 59-year-old Yucca woman was killed in a single vehicle rollover accident Thursday afternoon. Latest News Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=49012 An episode of "America's Most Wanted" featuring a local case will air the evening of Feb. 3. Producers were in Kingman last month filming an interview with Mohave County Sheriff Tom Sheahan about convicted child molester Ricardo Olivares, who has not been seen or heard from in more than a decade. Latest News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:01:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=49013 Mervin Fried kicked out of BOS meeting over dress code Latest News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:01:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=49014 To small business owner Wyatt Brooks, running for the Arizona House of Representatives is just another step in his efforts to help the community his family has grown up in. Latest News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:01:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=49017 Two bills are moving through the Arizona House of Representatives that would ban text messaging while driving. Latest News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=48992 Complaints about shoddy tattoos led to the arrests of three adults earlier this week. A juvenile referral was also made for a 14-year-old in the home reportedly found to be in the possession of marijuana. Mohave County Sheriff's Spokeswoman Trish Carter said that during an unrelated investigation, two women complained to a deputy about bad tattoos they recently had done by a man who operated out of his home. Operating a tattoo parlor out of a private residence is illegal in Arizona. Latest News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:01:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=48994 The feasibility of opening the vacant Lee Williams High should dominate discussions when the Kingman Unified School District governing board starts its fiscal year 2013 budget process today. Latest News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:01:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=48993 Two Mohave County residents are asking the County Attorney's Office to investigate the situation surrounding the leasing of office space for the County Library Annex. Latest News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=48995 Brett Hale, the Council candidate who died last week, will remain on the ballot for the upcoming primary and general elections. The election ballots had already been printed when news of Hale's death spread throughout the community. At the time, City Clerk Debbie Francis said she and City Manager Jack Kramer would need to look at the cost of reprinting the ballots before making any decisions. Latest News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT