A former mayor of the town of Quartzsite was piloting a plane that crashed near Parker Airport Thursday. Both he and his passenger are not believed to be hurt. Richard Oldham, founding mayor of Quartzsite and the owner of a small air strip on the west side of the town, is reported to have crash landed a small aircraft with …

A Parker bar legendary for its waterfront parties decades ago is reopening for Memorial Day weekend 2014. Rumors of Sundance Saloon’s reopening have swirled for years, with several false starts over the past year. But according to a tribute Facebook group (HERE), the riverfront saloon was ready to reopen Friday after over a decade shut down, and welcome nostalgic and …

This is Eric Stapleton, a 58 year old from Quartzsite, AZ who didn’t show up for work on Wednesday and was declared missing. According to the Desert Messenger, Eric has grey hair, is about 5’10” or 6 feet tall and has not been seen since Monday morning. His cell phone and car were found at his house with the front …

Wednesday I made an appearance on Voices of La Paz, on AWC Channel, to talk about the Tube Float, June 7th, 2014. For all things Tube Float, including information on how to register, where to go, what to do, and how to do it, watch the segment below, with interviewer Kathy Ocampo.

Here’s a photodump of your pictures posted on social media Thursday evening as an unexpected storm cell moved through La Paz County northwest and over the town of Parker, AZ. It brought with it thunder, lightning, rain and a huge dust cloud. Thankfully, everything is bright and sunny Friday morning in Parker ahead of Memorial Day weekend, and the weather …

LPC Health Dept. Press release La Paz County Health Department was the recipient of its seventh Daniel T. Cloud Outstanding Practice Award for exceptional immunization rates in adolescents at the annual Arizona Partnership for Immunizations (TAPI) awards ceremony in Phoenix, April 23, 2014. Since its inception in 2000, The Arizona Partnership for Immunizations (TAPI) has recognized exceptional efforts of individuals, …

Via Officer Phil McCabe

Did you know that La Paz County has more single parent households than any other Arizona county? Or that 34% get no exercise? Us either. That’s why this infographic from the La Paz County Health Department is so… informative. Check out the Department’s Facebook page HERE.

From a reader: “on Friday there were parker police, sheriff officers that stop a black ford that had a reg california license plate but was fixed up to look like an under cover car. There was not an arrest of store employees . It all pretain to the black car that was located at the pumps. 2 young white males …

8:30am– Motorists are experiencing some traffic delays on State Route 72 near Bouse today as a wide load is escorted along the route by Arizona Department of Public Safety. The wide load is 365 feet long and weighs around 1.2 million pounds. Drivers are urged to use an alternate route or prepare for delays as the slow-moving cargo makes its …