KINGMAN — A Kingman City Council vote approved a development agreement with Kingman Regional Medical Center with a goal of constructing another Interstate 40 interchange and securing new retail enterprise and other commerce.

Bill Lenhart, owner of Las Vegas-based Sunbelt Development, discusses his company’s plans to establish a community facilities district at the site of the Rancho Santa Fe Interchange and Parkway on Interstate 40 northeast of Kingman. The $46 million interchange project is expected to open Kingman, Mohave County and northwest Arizona to industrial development.

PHOENIX – After investing more than half a billion dollars over the past 20 years to turn the primary route between Phoenix and Las Vegas into a modern four-lane divided highway, the Arizona Department of Transportation has committed another $155 million for improvements to US 93 over the next five years.

Those who check out the new Kingman Splash Pad at Cecil Davis Park in Kingman, Arizona, may see a familiar sight — a replica of the old water tower that greets Route 66 travelers going into town.

The water park opened last weekend after months of fundraising and work by Desert Construction, Fripps Mohave Construction and AB Concrete Construction, according to the Kingman Daily Miner.

Friday became a first test run of the splash pad, and city officials said they’re still tweaking it. But the sounds of the delighted children from this video by the newspaper indicates it’s a hit: