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Election bomb threat in Parker
On Election Day at approximately 5:30 pm, the La Paz County Elections Department received a bomb threat that was sent to two employees. Law enforcement responded but no explosive devices were ever found. Officers from the Parker Police Department, Colorado River Indian Tribes Police Department, Quartzsite Police Department, and the La Paz County Sheriff’s Office responded and immediately evacuated the …
Read More »Incumbents for Sheriff and Assessor set to be re-elected, per unofficial results
The incumbents in the offices of La Paz County Sheriff and La Paz County Assessor seem set to be re-elected, based on the latest unofficial election results in this general election of 2024. William Ponce looks poised to be re-elected as Sheriff after taking almost two-thirds of the vote in unofficial results against Donald Schlect, who ran in the general …
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UTV owners watch it “melt in a matter of seconds” north of Parker
UTV owners Rich and Teresa Tozer watched their 2011 Robby Gordon edition RZR burn down to the cage over the weekend, saying it melted “in a matter of seconds.” “It was a beautiful day,” Teresa told Parker Live. “Four of us left the Keys and headed to the Desert Bar. We got to the signal light and headed up the …
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Prescribed burning planned near Parker
Fire managers from the Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado River District will conduct prescribed burning near Parker, Arizona, between November 2024 and March 2025, as weather and fuel conditions allow. The burn area is located seven miles northeast of Parker and one-half mile west of Parker Dam Road near Crossroads, on the California side of the Colorado River. The removal …
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