The Town of Parker is accepting applications from residents wishing to serve on the Parks and Recreation Committee for a two (2) year term. Committee member requirements: Registered Town of Parker voter and residing within the Town limits. Need to be able to attend regularly scheduled Parks & Recreation meetings held the second Monday of each month at 4:00 p.m., …
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Quartzsite’s ‘dead voters’ is an urban legend: County Recorder
La Paz County Recorder Shelly Baker, in a segment on Parker’s KLPZ 1380am radio this morning, said the claim that the records of deceased people were used to commit voter fraud in the recent Quartzsite election is an “urban legend”. A news story in the Arizona Republic quotes Quartzsite Vice Mayor Barbara Cowell as saying that “something is not right” …
Read More »Swimsuit-clad volunteers collect tubers’ trash
A team of volunteers took to the Colorado River near Parker, AZ last Saturday with a large-scale trash collection effort at the Parker Tube Float. The swimsuit-wearing volunteers, many of whom are residents of Lake Havasu City, decided to do it in response to the excess trash that was found on the river after last year’s event. The group had …
Read More »Orgeron files legal complaint against Quartzsite Council
Quartzsite Council Member-Elect Mark Orgeron has filed a legal complaint against the Town of Quartzsite Common Council challenging their refusal to seat him after he was elected to the Council in May. Orgeron alleges that the Council voted to disqualify him from taking office – even after some of them had been voted out – on the basis that he …
Read More »Quartzsite news a hit with Republic readers
Dennis Wagner’s latest story on Quartzsite, published in this morning’s Arizona Republic, is currently trending at the top of the paper’s ‘Most Read’ list. The story carries the headline, ‘Quartzsite refuses to seat winning mayor’: Quartzsite residents who thought they voted in new municipal leadership found out otherwise last week when the Town Council decided not to seat Mayor-elect Ed …
Read More »City of Phoenix accepts criminal case against Martin Brannan
A case against Quartzsite Town Attorney Martin Brannan is under review by the City of Phoenix after the city accepted the case from La Paz County Attorney Sam Vederman when he declared a conflict of interest. Vederman says the case against Brannan was investigated by the La Paz County Sheriff’s Office and sent to his office, but that the City …
Read More »The cure for jet lag
After being home in Ireland for a couple of weeks, I flew into LAX on Friday and drove to Parker, ending 20 straight hours of traveling. The trip usually takes it out of me, and requires a few days recovery time. But I’ve discovered the cure for jet lag: the Parker Tube Float! Following the 20-hour marathon across the skies …
Read More »DPS detail conducts 340 traffic stops Memorial weekend
DPS Press Release Arizona Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol officers took part in a Collision Reduction Detail during the highly traveled days of the Memorial Day weekend, Friday and Monday. Highway Patrol Officers patrolled Interstate 10 from milepost 0 to milepost 71 with one Highway Patrol Officer every 18 miles. On Saturday and Sunday, Highway Patrol Officers participated in …
Read More »Excessive heat warning remains for Friday
Record or near-record high temps are in the forecast for today; the National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning like yesterday’s which will continue through today, from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. The average high for this day is 101 degrees. The highest recorded temp for this date was 111 degrees, recorded in 2001. The forecast today is …
Read More »Work on 95 Parker-Havasu continues
There will be intermittent lane closures from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday (June 1st) on State Route 95 north of Parker, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. The work is part of a project to add a two-way left turn lane at Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge Road and an access road to the Central Arizona Project …
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