Mohave County appoints longtime resident to board

KINGMAN - The Mohave County Board of Supervisors has selected a new supervisor for District 5 after the position was left vacant when the former supervisor left to serve as the Mohave County Superior Judge.

Lois Wakimoto was appointed in a 3-2 vote. She was selected among eight candidates to serve as the new county supervisor after Steve Moss’ departure.

Wakimoto has been a resident of Mohave Valley since 1981 and currently manages a family farming operation.

She has agricultural industry experience from previously serving on the Arizona Farm Service Agency and the Mohave County Farm Agency.

Supervisors Hildy Angius, Gary Watson and Jean Bishop voted in favor of Wakimoto’s appointment.

Supervisor Buster Johnson and Board Clerk Ginny Anderson voted against the appointment.

Treatment ordered for accused man

CASA GRANDE - A man accused of detonating a homemade explosive device outside a federal building in Arizona has been ordered to participate in a program at the Arizona State Hospital aimed at restoring his mental fitness.

The Casa Grande Dispatch reported that a judge on Friday said a psychological evaluation indicates that Abdullatif Aldosary isn’t mentally competent to stand trial.

Aldosary is charged with attempted first-degree murder, arson and use of explosives in the 2012 bombing outside a Social Security Administration building in Casa Grande.

No one was injured in the blast. He has pleaded not guilty.

He also faces an unrelated murder charge in the November 2012 shooting death of Orlando Requena at an Arizona Grain processing facility in Maricopa.

Aldosary has pleaded not guilty in the murder case.

Warning is issued over mercury levels

PHOENIX - State officials are recommending that people eating fish caught in lakes in three Arizona counties limit their consumption because of elevated levels of mercury in fillets from several species.

Advisories issued Wednesday by the Department of Environment Quality stem from recent analysis of tissue samples from yellow bass from Canyon Lake in Maricopa County and largemouth bass from Becker Lake in Apache County and Black Canyon Lake in Navajo County.

The department says any potential health risks are based on long-term consumption, not occasional eating of fish.

According to the department, mercury in the environment can come from various natural and man-made sources and that fish accumulate elevated levels of mercury when larger fish consume smaller fish and insects.

Health risks from longterm consumption can include central nervous system damage. — Associated Press