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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

A letter about a missing dog: Hi John, While camping at Big River RV Park last Saturday night (August 3rd) our dog Toby managed to escape out of our trailer window. We searched until late Sunday night but had to return back home to Long Beach for work. We are heading back to Big River Friday to Sunday to scour …

UPDATE 8/9/2013 8:00am: From Teresa Tozer: “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 her heal. We cannot thank you all enough for the outpouring of love and support. Aly has been given an amazing gift of life that I will …

Just want to thank you for your efforts with our stolen tortoise. Because of your article on Parker Live, Quartzsite Paper also picked up the story and ran it. Well, after 3 1/2 months, we found Taxie! Eureka! The man that had Taxie stated someone who had found her on the other side of the railroad tracks in Big River …

UPDATE 8/8/2013: Rest area open again. The Bouse Wash rest area along Interstate 10 east of Quartzsite at milepost 53 has closed for needed repairs to the water system, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. Both eastbound and westbound facilities are closed due to water pump issues. The rest area will be closed until repairs are complete. The closure …