Eight Arizona DPS Highway Patrol officers, working in conjunction with a DPS fixed-wing aircraft and crew, conducted 71 traffic stops in a 9.5 hour period on February 25th along Interstate 10 and February 26th along State Route 95 north of Parker.

 Among the 71 traffic stops, 65 were initiated and directed by the crew aboard the DPS fixed-wing aircraft.

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APS is notifying some customers north of Parker, AZ that they may experience a power outage on Thursday, March 6th. The scheduled routine maintenance is expected to result in lost power between 8:30 a.m. and 9 o’clock and will affect the areas of Rio Lindo Shores through Lakeside and Highland Estates. APS says it will also have a second outage …

Winter was nearly over in Quartzsite when I received a request from my editor in Idaho where I worked summers as a reporter. ‘Hey – need a pic of a labyrinth for a photo illustration. Mine’s under 4 ft of snow. Heard there might be one in Quartzsite. Pic please?’ An odd request. I mentioned it to an RVer camped …

UPDATE: We asked Kayla if she had anything to add to the below, and she had this to say: “My treatment’s going good. I just got the results from my latest bone marrow biopsy and as of now I’m cancer free so I will continue to transplant next month. I’m feeling alright but I have my ups and downs. I …

Some residents of the BlueWater Lagoon neighborhood in Parker, AZ have been voicing their support for forming a Neighborhood Watch program. According to Parker Live reader Brandy, the park management team has been in contact with CRIT PD for support after several residents voiced concern about security in the subdivision in Parker Live comments sections. “[We] need to get a …

Photo: Race-Dezert.com “Received some information that car 3007 broke down and apparently was stripped down to nothing. Did you hear about this? The initial report I heard from the Best In The Desert official was a black, late model Dodge Ram P/U with 2 Orange pit bikes in the back. As reported from the first BITD official on site, the …

The Colorado River Indian Tribes and the Arizona Department of Transportation are inviting the community to attend the second and final public open house meeting Thursday to help develop a plan for the future of transportation on the reservation. The primary purpose of this study is to address the most critical current and future transportation issues for CRIT and to …

The crowd standing on the wrong side of the Parker 425 racecourse gets their first early morning dusting from a trophy truck. Watch @ 43 seconds. Via Michael Collins.

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