 The Bullhead City School District Governing Board has voted to ban cell phones and backpacks for students for the new school year. Phones will have to be locked in cabinets during the day, and backpacks are banned for students above the fourth grade. Kroger plans to sell several Safeway stores in Arizona if a merger with Albertsons is approved. If it is, all three Safeways in Flagstaff would be sold, as well as Safeways in Kingman, Bullhead City, Chino Valley, Cottonwood, and Lake Havasu City. Mike Salcedo, Arizona News Radio.