Monday afternoon express.

Our country began in debt. In 1776, the most important task facing the Founders was to win the Revolutionary War. If they had lost, the leaders would have been executed for treason. As Benjamin Franklin said “We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately,” As we have all seen over the past decade, wars cost money, …

Parker Senior Center is dealing with the potential loss of government funding for its Meals on Wheels service, which brings meals to needy senior citizens across La Paz County. A possible furlough of WACOG (the Western Arizona Council of Governments) is threatening to affect Meals on Wheels, according to Bill Risen, because 60 percent of the program’s funding comes from …

If I had a buck for every call, email, text message or comment where someone asked a variation of the question, “What’s up with Parker Live?”, I could buy my own comedian to follow me around and distract me with mirth from the horribleness of dealing with our hosting company over the past few days. On Friday, after several similar …

Joy R. poses atop ‘Problem Child’ Top Fuel Hydro, the world’s fastest nitro drag boat, capable of 261 mph in 3.36 seconds on water. The boat will be racing this weekend in Lake Havasu City. Photo via Michael Collins.

Everyone goes through times in their lives when things just don’t seem to work right at all. The situation goes from bad to worse and you can end up feeling pretty low. I wonder if that could be true of seasons and months as well? The other day I was wondering about how it would feel to be October and …

From Pete R: “If the federal government shutdown remains through this weekend, how will it affect the BlueWater Desert Challenge off-road race? I heard they were already making plans to shut it down, which means this huge event may not be happening now?! Please tell us if this is true.” ——— Most desert races require permits for usage of federal …

The Arizona Department of Transportation cautions drivers that strong winds and blowing dust could impact travel today on Arizona’s highways. The National Weather Service has issued wind and blowing dust advisories for much of the state, which are in effect in some areas beginning at 9 a.m. today. Travelers along Interstate 8, Interstate 10, State Route 347 and Interstate 40 …

Here is last week’s interview with former Miss La Paz County and lifelong Parker resident Alyson Tozer, who is currently in recovery from double lung transplant surgery. Video courtesy of Fox 10 Phoenix (may not work for mobile device users).

This from Amber Byrd: It appears a utility trailer belonging to the Soroptimist International of Parker has gone missing from Gene Price Motorsports north of Parker. Has anyone seen this trailer? If so, please call La Paz County Sheriff’s Department at (928) 669-6141. —— UPDATE: It appears the truck was stolen, towed away after 10 p.m. Monday night using a …