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APS Customers in the towns of Bouse and Utting will experience another short planned outage Wednesday, April 25th from approximately 9 a.m. through approximately 10 a.m. APS says it expects this to be the last major outage affecting so many customers for the project, which is installing new power lines along Highway 72.

On March 16, 2012, Arizona Governor Janet Brewer appointed La Paz County Sheriff’s Deputy Anthony Nelson to the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board. The Board was created to address the need for minimum peace officer and correction officer selection, recruitment, retention and training standards, and to provide curriculum and standards for all certified law enforcement training facilities. The …

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  The Arizona Department of Transportation will continue working on a pavement repair project along State Route 95 north of Parker beginning Wednesday (April 25). The project consists of repairing cracks in the pavement between mileposts 152-161 and mileposts 142-148. The project is scheduled to be completed by May 2012. What to expect during construction: Daily intermittent lane closures are …

Parker High School graduate (’98) Daniel Fackel is highlighted in an article published yesterday in Stars and Stripes, a military newspaper. The article can be found HERE.

Former Parker vice mayor Frank Hernandez was arraigned yesterday at around 1:30 p.m. for seven (7) counts of Sexual Conduct with a Minor and three (3) counts of Molestation of a Child. Hernandez was arrested last week and has been in custody at the La Paz County Sheriff’s Office Adult Detention Facility since. All of the alleged criminal conduct took place …

APS customers in Bouse and Utting will experience a short outage on Friday (April 20th) starting at 9 a.m. The approximate 60 minute outage allows APS to complete the installation of new power lines along Highway 72 to the Utting substation. Customers with questions can call (928) 669-2248.

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La Paz County Health Department is announcing National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW); an annual observance to highlight the importance of protecting infants from vaccine-preventable diseases, April 21st-28th. In celebration, the county health department will be raffling off a $25 gift certificate to Basha’s. Anyone who is vaccinated between now and May 17th will be eligible to win. “One of the …