The La Paz county Sheriff’s Office has announced a new Detention K9 unit, after Officer Danielle Banuelos successfully graduated from the Arizona Department of Corrections K9 Academy. On December 10th 2014, Banuelos and her canine partner Orlis, a German Shepherd, completed a rigorous eight-week K9 academy in Tucson, Arizona. The objective of the training is to certify officers as K9 …

The Bureau of Reclamation has lowered the level of the river in Parker, AZ by approximately one foot in elevation. The drawdown will last for about two weeks. Lake Moovalya is the proper name for the stretch of the Colorado River between Headgate Rock Dam and Parker Dam. Reclamation is coordinating this activity with the Bureau of Indian Affairs to …

A Parker-based prosecutor serving La Paz County Attorney’s Office is to be honored in Washington D.C. as Prosecutor of the Year by the federal Office of National Drug Control Policy. Karen Hobbs was recognized during the Arizona HIDTA Award Ceremony in Flagstaff recently for her efforts to protect drug-endangered children here in La Paz County. Now, she has been selected …

Proof that the temps under that winter desert sky get below freezing occasionally. The official National Weather Service overnight low in Parker, AZ for Monday morning is 29.8 degrees! (The afternoon high is forecast at 57.)

Via John Croteau

The last podcast of the year at Parker Live drops here! Josh Savino, Jim Beaver and Jennifer Griffis talk about their Christmas traditions, and John Wright jumps on the phone from Philadelphia. Find this podcast weekly on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn and your favorite podcast apps (open your app, search ‘Parker Livecast’ and subscribe for free to get every episode on …

The Colorado River Indian Tribes P.D. is searching for the individuals on this graphic they released Friday evening.

This week we get a called from a guy who claims to be Santa Claus, we talk about plans for Christmas, ponder last week’s poll results and feedback and a guy who claims to be a pilot calls us to give us the weather. All of this is quite dubious and sketchy. Full order of events: 0:50 – Glasses and …

The Colorado River Indian Tribes will have a new vice-chairman and council after Saturday’s election. According to CRIT’s certified official election results, Keith Moses (pictured) will be sworn in as vice-chairman on January 2nd, along with Herman Laffoon Jr., Johnny Hill Jr. and Granthum Stevens who will join the CRIT Tribal Council. The 4-year term expires on December 31st, 2018. …

A man from London is riding his penny-farthing bicycle through the Parker area today on his way around the world. Joff Summerfield, 46, set off on the bike in June 2014 from Toronto, Canada and plans to spend the next year or so making his way through the American continents on the custom-made bicycle. This weekend he’ll be out on …