Desert Hills, Arizona

• Desert Hills plans fundraiser for March 11
  

  San Tan Ford will help Desert Hills High School raise funds through a Drive One 4 UR School program.

• Teen Accused of Setting Fire
  

  Fire investigators say a teenager is responsible for setting a brush fire Tuesday night in Lake Havasu City in western Arizona.

• 'Roofers' scam elderly woman
  

  The Mohave County Sheriff's Office is warning people of a two-man team posing as repairmen after an 82-year-old woman was scammed out of almost $6,000. The men knocked on the door of the victim's Desert Hills home unsolicited Friday and offered to repair her roof.

• Suspect in murder of infant extradited to Mohave County
  

  A man charged with killing a 7-month-old Desert Hills girl was arrested Feb. 3, more than two years after the baby's death.

• Calif. man arrested in Mohave County homicide case
  

  Mohave County authorities are holding a California man in the death of an infant.

• Toymaker plays Santa during AZ winter visits
  

  Thirty-two children in Desert Hills will receive a small handcrafted wood jeep for Christmas this year created in a makeshift Santa's workshop situated just north of Lake Havasu City.

• Context of comments questioned
  

  Two residents raised concerns about how their comments were interpreted in a report to the Board of Supervisors during Thursday's County Planning and Zoning Commission meeting.

• Advocate honored with NAU award
  

  Long-time education advocate Harry Hengl has been named the recipient of the Joe and Marie Rolle Spirit of NAU award from the Northern Arizona University Alumni Association.

• Candidates respond to city issues
  

  Recently, the Yuma Sun asked readers to submit questions for the city council candidates.

• Free HAT service for the London Bridge Days Parade
  

  Aerial view of Lake Havasu Havasu Area Transit is offering a "Free Ride Day" for the London Bridge Days Parade.

• Fire, police departments expect busier year
  

  It is shaping up to be another busy year - if not busier - for the city of Yuma's police and fire departments, based on the number of calls for service each agency has responded to so far.

• Pack of wild dogs suspected in attack on miniature horses
  

  Jennifer Parks ABC15.com MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ -- The Arizona Game and Fish Department thinks a pack of wild dogs might be responsible for attacking three miniature horses at a home north of Phoenix.

• Couple finds 2 of their miniature horses dead
  

  A Desert Hills couple has run a miniature horse ranch for 12 years and they say they have never had their animals attacked, much less killed, by other wild life.

• Benefits crunch puts seniors in a squeeze
  

  Even if federal calculations show the cost of living has dropped, Arizona's senior citizens aren't feeling it.Medical and utility costs are rising, and for the first time in a generation, Social Security recipients likely will not get annual increases for the next year or two.The prospect has them re-evaluating their budgets and scratching their ...

City Description

Desert Hills is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. The population was 2,183 at the 2000 census. Desert Hills is located at 34°32′51″N 114°22′0″W / 34.5475°N 114.366667°W / 34.5475; -114.366667 (34.547363, -114.366781). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.7 square miles (12.2 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,183 people, 997 households, and 677 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 463.8 people per square mile (179.0/km²). There were 1,463 housing units at an average density of 310.8/sq mi (119.9/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 93.08% White, 0.14% Black or African American, 0.55% Native American, 0.37% Asian, 4.44% from other races, and 1.42% from two or more races. 9.30% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 997 households out of which 17.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.7% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.0% were non-families. 25.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of

City Contained By:

• Arizona
• Mohave County
• United States of America

Timezones:

• Mountain Time Zone

Size:

• 12.1729441186 km squared

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