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).
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To The Editor: Missing trailer FOUND
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 …
Read More »Bridge reopened to traffic after fire
The bridge across the Colorado River linking Parker, AZ and Earp, CA was reopened Tuesday morning, according to Interim Parker Police Chief Clay Romo, allowing traffic to cross. Emergency personnel responded to the bridge fire at around 6:45 p.m. Monday, after a wood platform being used by construction crews building a new bridge caught alight. The structure was being used …
Read More »Viewfinder: Bridge Fire in Pictures
Photographs for Parker Live by John Wright
Read More »Bridge on fire
MORNING UPDATE: Reportedly the bridge is open one lane only. —– A fire broke out on the bridge connecting Parker, AZ and Earp, CA Monday evening. The bridge had been under construction and it appears some construction-related temporary structures may have burned. It is not known how the fire started or whether this incident will affect the integrity of the …
Read More »New steam train excursion to operate between Parker and Cadiz, CA
A company that captures groundwater from its property in the Mojave Desert near Route 66 is teaming up with the Arizona & California Railroad Company to run a new steam railway excursion service. Cadiz Inc. announced that it has entered into a new trackage rights agreement with the Arizona & California Railroad “that will facilitate the development of regularly schedule …
Read More »Viewfinder: Fireman’s BBQ
Photographs via Darcy Holt.
Read More »New daycare center to open today
Paid article. SonShine Center is conveniently located at a bus stop. Opens Monday, September 23rd.
Read More »Double Windsor
Watch as I try to stop a ‘girl’ jumping off a building. (This is the result of not being able to sleep and staying up until 5am, a decision I’m now regretting. As I watch this now, I realize there’s no point to it at all, which is why I’m sharing it with you on Parker Live.)
Read More »AWC building in Parker to get improvements
Arizona Western College has announced a construction improvement project at the Parker Learning Center. The AWC building is located on the corner of Geronimo Avenue and 11th Street in Parker. The project will include asphalt paved parking around the complex, a new concrete stair entrance in front of the college (on Geronimo Ave) and a new traffic flow pattern for …
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