A group of intrepid dirt bikers make their way through the desert from Palm Springs to Parker.

The La Paz County Board of Supervisors joined other counties in adopting a resolution formally asking the United States Congress to renew the Payment in Lieu of Taxes Program (PILT). PILT funds were established in 1976 as way to provide funding to counties that held large amounts of federal land and thus could not collect property taxes on it. Most …

2014 La Paz County Fair Stage activities for youth is open for registration for events for all int he community from tot to teen. Pageants available for infants to 16 year olds are: Most Beautiful Baby, Most Beautiful Tot, Little Miss La Paz, Junior Miss La Paz, Pre Teen & Teen Miss La Paz County. New shows and competitions include …

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An Arizona Department of Public Safety detective who conducted a criminal investigation into the actions of former Parker Police Chief Rod Mendoza has requested that Mohave County charge him with a class 6 felony for tampering with physical evidence. The revelation comes in a report by independent investigators which looked into several allegations and rumors at the behest of the …

Via Orlando Short Dennis Patch is sworn in as new Chairman of the Colorado River Indian Tribes.

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UPDATE, October 31st 2014: AT&T has activated this tower, which provides LTE data speeds and 5 bars in the town of Parker. —– AT&T Wireless took the first week of 2014 to install a new cell tower serving the Parker, AZ area. The 120-foot tower was constructed on Geronimo Avenue in Parker, on a lot owned by Parker Towing. The …

Photo credit: Joaquin Vences The Bureau of Reclamation is lowering the level of the river along the Parker Strip by approximately one foot beginning Monday (January 6th) and lasting two weeks (through January 17th). The annual drawdown is intended to help the Colorado River Indian Tribes perform maintenance on the canals which serve the agricultural Parker Valley with irrigation water. …

A 28 year old man on a journey across the country was found dead at Flying J truck stop in Ehrenberg, AZ last week. On January 1st at approximately 11:15 a.m., Robert James Parsons from Holly, Michigan was found deceased in bed in his motorhome after his friends were unable to contact him, according to La Paz County Sheriff’s Office. …