Photo: Eric E Johnson A man was sentenced in U.S. District court for the murder of Daniel Pierce, son of La Paz County Supervisor Sandy Pierce. Loren Kaysang Tahbo, 33, of Parker, a member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 265 months in prison, five years of supervised release and …
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Quitting tobacco to get easier in Arizona
La Paz County Health Department Arizona has been a leader in tobacco control and beginning August 12th 2013, we will take another step forward. The CIGNAL is Arizona’s newest effort to help tobacco users quit and stay quit. The average age of initiation for smokers, meaning the first time they try a cigarette, is between 11 and 12. Ninety percent …
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Read More »Power outage affects La Paz County towns
2:20pm– The town of Parker lost power Wednesday afternoon. No word yet as to why, but APS customers were without power. 2:31pm– Reports that the outage is affecting Bouse and Quartzsite also. 2:50pm– APS says it is experiencing a mechanical issue similar to the second outage late Friday afternoon, which may be relating to overloading. Engineers are currently doing some …
Read More »Highway 95 between Parker and Havasu reopened
12:30pm– ADOT says traffic is delayed north of Parker due to a rollover crash involving one vehicle. Traffic northbound on Highway 95 is blocked. 12:44pm– The crash happened 8.5 miles north of Buckskin State Park (about 3 miles north of Bill Williams Bridge). ADOT says northbound lanes are closed and may not be cleared until 2 p.m. 1:20pm– Highway 95 …
Read More »Alyson Tozer in “good spirits” after lung transplant
If one picture is worth a thousand words, then this photograph of Miss La Paz County 2012 Alyson Tozer taken a couple of days after her double lung transplant makes more of an impact than anything we could write at Parker Live about her progress. In a Facebook posting Saturday from her bed at St. Joseph Hospital in Phoenix, Alyson …
Read More »Site outage: due to popularity!
That’s right: Parker Live’s extended outage over the weekend was caused by too many people wanting to check the site for updates on Friday afternoon. In the rush for information about the APS power outage, Parker Live servers blew up and – because it was affecting other websites hosted on the same server – our hosting provider InMotion pulled Parker …
Read More »Power outage affects Parker residents, businesses
12:15pm– A power outage affected APS customers in the town of Parker within the past 20 minutes. No word yet on the cause of the outage, which continues. 12:30pm– Reports that a power pole has been hit in an accident. 1:06pm– Report: A car hit a power pole near the intersection of Mohave Road and Navajo Avenue, approximately one block …
Read More »What’s a Monsoon?
My fourth year as full-time RVer found me not skipping off to my newspaper job in Idaho, but stranded in Quartzsite after a local publisher stiffed me for three month’s work. Oh, goody. Summer in Arizona. More new experiences. I landed a gig where I could park my rig and hired on as caretaker for some large, closed-for-summer facilities. That …
Read More »Alyson Tozer’s surgery successful
Miss La Paz County 2012 Alyson Tozer underwent surgery for a successful double lung transplant Thursday at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix. Alyson’s mother Teresa Tozer says she came through the operation successfully: “After more then 7 hours of surgery, Aly came through with flying colors. She has a very long road to recovery but we are excited to help …
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