UPDATE 6:50 a.m.– State Route 72 has reopened in western Arizona following a semi rollover that closed most of the highway since before 5 a.m. today, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. The closure extended from about 10 miles east of Parker at State Route 95, to about 33 miles east to the community of Vicksburg. There was no …

Press release La Paz County Attorney’s Office will kick-off 2013 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week April 23rd starting at 11:30 am at the Parker Senior Center. Please join us for lunch and a ceremony honoring Victims Advocates, Law Enforcement Officers and Service Providers—local champions of crime victims’ rights. This year’s theme — ‘New Challenges. New Solutions.’ — celebrates the spirit …

The traffic lights at Arizona Avenue are always red. And by ‘always’ I mean ‘often enough and for such little apparent reason that it contributes to the road rage inside me.’ Does anybody else notice, when driving along California Avenue in Parker approaching the intersection with Arizona, that the lights almost always turn red just before you reach them? Further, …

On April 12th, 2013 at approximately 6:30 p.m. a Parker Police officer attempted to serve an arrest warrant on Peter Timothy Silva Jr., 34 years old. As the officer attempted to contact Silva he started to run and then abruptly stopped and turned toward the officer and assumed a fighting stance. Silva then complied with the officers’ commands and was …

Parker Police Department On April 14th, 2013 at approximately 9:45 a.m., Parker and CRIT PD responded to Western Park for a report of a man who had been stabbed and beaten. Once at the scene, officers found the victim in a sitting position bleeding extensively from his face, arms and legs. Evidence collected at the scene revealed the suspect’s identification. …

Parker Police Department On April 13th, 2013 at approximately 10:15 p.m. Parker Police Department received a call from CRIT PD to help locate Richard Ameelyenha as a suspect wanted for a homicide that had just occurred in the 900 block of Hopi in Parker. Ameelyenha was the primary suspect in the stabbing of a man who later died. A flyer …

La Paz County Health Department has issued a clarification to their position with regard to Bountiful Baskets Food Co-op, saying that the group need only label any baked and processed goods: The health department was in conversation with the local coordinator of the Bountiful Baskets site to let them know that while the fruits and vegetables do not need to …

Take a moment to answer the below question to register your opinion on the recent food co-op story. You’ll be able to see others’ answers when you select your own.   Do you think Bountiful Baskets should be required to get a permit?

A food co-operative that brings fresh produce and bread to participants who sign up wants to move into the town of Parker but needs a permit to operate, according to La Paz County. Bountiful Baskets Food Co-op (BBFC) provides a way for its participants and volunteers to bring healthy fresh organic food to hundreds of communities across America for low …