Reader question: What is the plan for the Alewine property on Riverside Drive? Is it going to be turned into something? Parker Live spoke with Jimmy Alewine this morning, asking him this common question. The property, which was razed after a series of fires, is on a prominent stretch of the main drag in Parker, AZ and so it’s not …

I lived in Northern Ireland from the time I was born until I was 24 years old. My hometown is Belfast, the epicenter of what came to be called The Troubles. Our local politics were the politics of conflict, with two sides who had come to hate each other. One side would try to constantly thwart the other, politically, legally, …

A retired financial administrator whose job it was to rescue school districts and turn them around, a Northern Nevada resident Laura Bruno has been hired by the Town of Quartzsite Common Council as Interim Town Manager. Bruno held a roundtable meeting with the press and the community Friday at which she emphasized the need for patience but vowed to get …

A fire at a water treatment plant north of Parker resulted in an unknown amount of damage and an appeal from the sewer board to conserve water. The cause of the fire, which broke out Thursday night at the Buckskin Sanitary District plant, is not currently known, according to a notice from the Board: “We are in the process of …

A local man was arrested after 2 a.m. on Tuesday morning for firing shots that hit two businesses on Joshua Avenue in the town of Parker. Nicholas Garlow, 29, was arrested by Parker P.D. after Officer Chrusciel heard a popping sound and an alarm go off and went to investigate. Garlow is reported to have told Chrusciel he “f***ed up” …

Continental Jewelry on Riverside Drive in Parker was robbed after 4 p.m. Tuesday and the owner is reaching out to the community to help retrieve her stolen jewelry. Around 30 pairs of gold earrings were taken by a male and a female while the owner was in the back of the shop. They sped off in a white, 07/08/09 year …

The dates are set for the first La Paz County adult flu clinics and the La Paz County Health Department has plenty of vaccine. The influenza vaccine will be provided at: Parker High School on September 26st from 4-6pm; Ehrenburg Fire Department October 3th from 9:30-11:30am; Bouse Booster Club on October 4th from 10:00-11:00am; McMullen Fire Department in Salome on …

Quartzsite Police Chief Jeff Gilbert was fired by Town of Quartzsite assistant manager Al Johnson today without the prior knowledge of the Council. A letter sent by certified mail to Gilbert in Alabama, where he is believed to be on vacation, gives “gross negligence and willful misconduct” as the reasons for the termination of his contract. The action follows his …