Beautiful mild weather is in the forecast for this Memorial Day weekend, with a slight breeze. Tomorrow may be perfect outdoor BBQ weather, while Sunday and Monday may be best for the water. Remember: all public lands are fire-free, only provided BBQ areas can be used for cooking. Enjoy your weekend! Thank a vet.

The Parker Pioneer’s John Gutekunst has more details on Martin Brannan’s alleged confrontation with Quartzsite Mayor Jose Lizarraga HERE.

A lot has happened in Quartzsite over the past few days in the ongoing feud, and you should be covering it. Yesterday Mayor Lizarraga wanted the winners of the recent election seated, and adjourned (perhaps inappropriately) the meeting, and now allegations are emerging that the town attorney Martin Brannan assaulted Lizarraga in the hallway. Today the council had a special …

A letter sent by La Paz County Attorney Sam Vederman to the La Paz County Board of Supervisors regarding cases deriving from Quartzsite Police Department has received a scathing reaction from Quartzsite Police Chief Jeff GIlbert. In the letter, Vederman says he is not prosecuting misdemeanor cases originating from QPD because Gilbert informed him in a memo in June 2011 …

Qtown.us is reporting that recent cases brought by Quartzsite Police Department against Quartzsite residents Michael Roth and Dana Stadler have been dismissed by the court.

With the Memorial Day holiday weekend coming up, many people are planning their first boat-in camping or exploring trip of the year on the Colorado River or on public lands in Western Arizona. “Typically, the Memorial Day weekend is the single busiest weekend of the year for boat-in camping on Lake Havasu,” said Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lake Havasu …

John I found this little guy on the bridge he almost got hit. I thought if you had any place to put the pics online we might find his owner. He appears to be well cared for and he is very friendly. If anyone knows who this doggie is, please call us: (928) 669-9274.

On May 9th, 2012, Benjamin Paul Brodie, 21, of Parker, was sentenced by La Paz County Superior Court Judge Michael Burke to 10.5 years in the Arizona Department of Corrections. Brodie previously pled guilty on April 5th, 2012, to two counts of Manslaughter and one count of Aggravated Assault. Brodie is not eligible for probation or early release. On October …

The first unofficial results of the Quartzsite General Election are in, and they say that anti-administration candidate Ed Foster took 56.97% of the vote in the race for mayor, with 42.27% of the vote going to his competitor Jerry Lukkasson. This will be the second time Foster has served as mayor. Last time, he dissented from the rest of the …

La Paz Sheriff’s Department Press Release On October 11th 2011, at approximately midnight, a male subject picked up three of his friends and took them for a ride in his car. The driver did not tell the three occupants that he had been drinking alcohol prior to picking them up. Initially, one of the passengers had asked the driver to …