The Parker Area Chamber of Commerce is to host Meet the Candidates at the Parker Senior Community Center October 16th. The event, at 1115 12th Street, Parker, AZ at 6:15pm, will feature La Paz County candidates for the offices of Board of Supervisors Districts 1 and 2, County Attorney, County Assessor and County Sheriff. Special Districts will include Buckskin Fire …

Cleanup efforts are continuing on State Route 72 following a breach in a Central Arizona Project (CAP) canal near Bouse (milepost 30) early Sunday morning, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. While the highway remains open, minor intermittent traffic restrictions may cause slight delays as maintenance crews continue to sweep dirt and rocks off the roadway. ADOT advises drivers …

A candidate for La Paz County Supervisor District 2 has said he is declining an invitation to a Rotary-hosted candidates event, leading two other candidates to pull out of the event too. In a Facebook posting September 29th, King Clapperton, who received the most votes in the Republican primary for the race, wrote the following: In a Facebook post to …

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Around 12:30pm this afternoon, Fox News, in the process of covering an Arizona car chase live on its nationally broadcast 24-hour news network, inadvertently broadcast a suicide to the entire nation from somewhere near the La Paz County line. The chase ended when the driver got out of the vehicle and erratically ran behind a bush before putting a gun …

Five attorneys have submitted their names as write-in candidates for the office of La Paz County Attorney as the deadline closed at 5 p.m. today. This comes after present County Attorney Sam Vederman was appointed as Judge of the Superior Court, leaving the office open to write-in candidates only. The following people are running for County Attorney: Stephen Lundell Martin …

The Wall Street Journal’s Tamara Audi has written a comprehensive article on the latest political battles in the town of Quartzsite. It’s available to subscribers HERE. Highlights: “We’re calling this the Twilight Zone in Quartzsite,” said Ed Foster, the elected, but so far unseated, mayor who has filed a complaint in superior court to force the town to install him. …

Itching? Getting bitten? You’re not the only one. Mosquitos have been breeding in the standing water after this year’s active and long monsoon season, which soaked the Parker area all summer. CRIT has been fogging with insecticide in the valley, which may help with mosquitos. But, unlike Texas, which is suffering with its worst West Nile virus outbreak in years, …