http://kdminer.com en-us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:18:15 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=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 http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=48997 A benefit car wash will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Taco Bell on Stockton Hill Road for Tracie Pemberton Stratton, a local single mom and Registered Nurse who is battling cancer. An account has also been set up with Chase Bank under account number 988055026. Latest News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=49001 Mohave County members of the Republican and Green parties will have the chance to vote during the Presidential Preference Election. Latest News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=48986 Levi Pitts, Cerbat Cliff Golf Course's assistant golf professional, is on the verge of becoming the golf course's new manager. In early November, Council appointed a five-person committee to sift through proposals, conduct interviews and recommend to Council who it thinks should take over management duties at Cerbat Cliffs Golf Course starting July 1. Latest News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:01:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=48978 The latest news and happenings from around Mohave County. Latest News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=48982 A Mohave Superior Court Judge sentenced a young father to the maximum of six months in jail allowed under terms of a plea agreement in the accidental death of his baby daughter. Judge Derek Carlisle said he understood that the death of his daughter weighed heavily on the conscience of 22-year-old George Lyman. Latest News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=48987 An interesting cast of characters from the past will celebrate Arizona's Centennial in Meadview Thursday morning. Latest News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=48988 A Peach Springs man has been charged with shooting a woman in the head on Christmas Day. The woman survived. Latest News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=48985 Phoenix woman charged with smuggling Spice Latest News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:59:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=48955 Kingman firefighters were called out Saturday for a 51-year-old suspect who had scurried 30 feet up a tree and refused to come down. The incident occurred around 10:30 p.m. after a Mohave County Sheriff's deputy went to the home of Johnny Joseph Smith in the 3600 block of Roosevelt Street. Smith was wanted on a felony warrant for trafficking in stolen property. Latest News Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=48958 Bullhead City Police are looking for those responsible for damaging a roadside memorial dedicated to a former Kingman High School teacher killed by a drunk driver in Bullhead City. Latest News Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://kdminer.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=48959 Gov. Jan Brewer has set dates for a special primary and general election to replace U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Latest News Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT