MOHAVE COUNTY

The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office is trying to find 84-year-old Carlos Pena last seen Tuesday in the town of Yucca south of Kingman.

More than two-thirds of Arizona’s counties reported high COVID-19 levels, including Coconino, Gila, Mohave, Navajo and Yavapai counties.

Coconino National Forest officials say the lightning-caused Committee Fire grew Sunday due to erratic shifting winds caused by thunderstorms. The Big Sandy Fire in Mohave County forced evacuations in the community of Wikieup.

The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 66-year-old Kingman woman they consider endangered.

Mohave County Sheriff’s officials are investigating the in-custody death of an inmate at the Adult Detention Facility in Kingman.

Police in Kingman are investigating the circumstances that led to the death of a suspect while he was in the custody of law enforcement officers transporting him to the Mohave County jail. He is believed to have taken his own life.

A 48-mile stretch of Historic Route 66 Highway is expected to get some safety improvements.

A Mohave County man faces animal cruelty charges after 183 frozen animals, including dogs, turtles, lizards, snakes and birds, were found in a freezer at a Golden Valley home.

Arizona Republican Rep. Paul Gosar says he now lives in Mohave County, putting his residence in Arizona’s newly redrawn 9th Congressional District as he runs for a seventh term.

Mohave Community College based in Kingman was recently named an Arizona Veteran Supportive Campus.