A small victory for Ed Foster and his attorney Julie LaBenz today in Foster’s case to be seated as mayor of the Town of Quartzsite. In a hearing Thursday afternoon, the Town argued that Foster’s request for a writ of mandamus, forcing the Town to seat Foster as mayor, was the wrong request and the wrong venue. Judge Burke disagreed, …

Via Vallyn H.

Due to the positive findings of West Nile Virus in the Parker Valley, the CRIT EPO will be fogging for mosquitoes Tuesday (September 4th) and Thursday (September 6th) between 11:30 pm and sunrise, weather permitting. Neighborhoods to be sprayed: 50 Homes, Sandy’s Trailer Park, Mo-Chem, Head Start School, Le Pera School, East Eddy Road, and East McCabe Road. For questions …

Quartzsite Police Chief Jeff Gilbert says he is the victim of retaliation from town management after an allegation of facilitating a false time sheet. Gilbert, who was placed on administrative leave for undisclosed reasons, says the only reason he was given for the action was contained in a written notice from Town Manager Alex Taft, which says: “A complaint has …

APS has advised that there will be a few more short power outages Tuesday and Wednesday (September 4th and 5th) to connect some new lines that were not connected last week. These are scheduled outages unconnected to the recent spate of summer storms. Power will be restored relatively quickly.

Via Jason N. Unidentified boat wrecked on the Colorado River. Buckskin Fire Department attending.

Photograph: Eric Tolbert A series of power outages rolled across La Paz County with a storm that downed some power poles and tripped some breakers, according to APS. KLPZ 1380am was off the air for over half an hour while power was being reconnected, and a series of Emergency Alert System broadcasts warned of “deadly lightning” and damaging winds. The …

Karaoke is 10pm-2am Friday and Saturday. See you there!

Click below for a PDF copy of Judge Burke’s Temporary Restraining Order intended to restrict the actions of Quartzsite’s Town Council yesterday.