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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 …

An appropriate title for this week in Arizona, The Heat is an R-rated comedy playing this week at BlueWater Cinemas in Parker. Here’s Josh Savino’s review of the film! —– JOSH: Warning: You will laugh…A LOT! Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy team up for a hilarious take on the ‘buddy-cop’ movie in The Heat. Bullock and McCarthy’s surprising on-screen chemistry …

Gathering of Tribal Nations, Window Rock, AZ

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La Paz County Health Department Press Release “It’s very hot outside,” said Marion Shontz, Director of the La Paz County Health Department. “Be informed, drink plenty of water, and try to stay indoors as much as possible.” The National Weather Service in Phoenix issued an Excessive Heat Warning for the southwest portion of Arizona. Temperatures are expected to be in …

This weekend’s forecast is an unusual one: near-record highs over the weekend, and not dropping off again until Monday or Tuesday next week. How to survive it and make sure your susceptible neighbors and friends do too? See below. (Via Katie Turnbow at La Paz County Health Department.)

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The Bouse Wash rest areas on Interstate 10 east of Quartzsite are now open to travelers after months of extensive renovations, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. The eastbound and westbound rest areas have been retrofitted with new plumbing and motorists should enjoy updated restroom facilities, improved ramadas and benches. The Bouse Wash rest areas were closed for approximately …

The roadway is now clear for Sheriff John Drum’s effort to lead a new interagency narcotics task force in La Paz County, after the County Attorney Tony Rogers dissolved the existing task force earlier this week. In a letter written to the La Paz County Board of Supervisors, Parker Town Council and Quartzsite Town Council, Rogers says he found the …