A golf cart reportedly rolled over July 4th north of Parker, causing several injuries to patients who were airlifted to metro hospitals. Agencies including River Medical, Care Flight and Native Air attended the scene. Photos by Michael Collins. UPDATE: Some more information on this incident from a neighbor who lives nearby – “Regarding the golf cart accident on the 4th …

4th of July Benefit

I’ve known Bob Talley since my first visit to the United States when I was 20 years old. My new girlfriend Melissa (who I’d met only several weeks before, in Ireland) was a family friend of the Talleys and introduced me to the man, who I thought at the time – and still think today – was one of the …

A week ago my car broke down. I was driving into town and the tire went flat which then caused irreparable damage to the rim. The rim was a special rim for that year, make, and model (of course! Why wouldn’t it be?), so replacing it will take a few weeks. This is just another example in a long line …

The town of Parker recorded one of the highest temperatures in the state of Arizona and the nation over the weekend, as a strong high-pressure system moved over the western U.S. and brought sizzling temps with it. On Friday, the high temperature was 120 degrees. On Saturday, the mercury reached 121, the highest temp recorded in at least 12 years. …

Free backpacks filled with supplies for the winning 10 entries.

In the early 1980s I lived near Las Vegas, Nevada, where I met a group organizing a barter system for exchanging goods and services. They wanted nothing to do with money, they said, because the government was putting magnetic strips into the fabric to track the money. “They could drive by your house,” the barterers explained, “zap it with something …