Pavement and utility work is taking place along eastbound and westbound State Route 72 between Bouse and Parker until early May requiring a single lane closure from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. weekdays, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. Workers will intermittently be stopping traffic during work hours and directing alternating traffic through the work zone. Motorists are advised …

The month of April has been designated as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in the United States. In honor of the victims and survivors of sexual assault, The Colorado River Regional Crisis Shelter presents the Annual Denim Day USA 2012, a campaign to raise awareness and educate the public about rape and sexual assault. With support from the Colorado River Indian …

Improvements to US 95 north of Yuma continue next week as crews place the top layer of rubberized asphalt onto the pavement. From Monday (April 2) to Thursday (April 5), workers will temporarily stop traffic as they continue paving sections of US 95. Drivers traveling between Yuma and Quartzsite should allow extra travel time and be prepared for delays near …

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UPDATE 4:07pm: THIS DOG HAS NOW BEEN FOUND. This dog is a companion to a 72 year old widow camping at La Paz County Park until Saturday. Shautzi was last seen at Bell’s/Beall’s on Riverside Drive in Parker Tuesday afternoon. Red collar with tags. Call (541) 399-4593 if you have the dog or know where it is, for a $200 …

Team Diaz Racing team (Adrian Diaz, Sr.) finished very strong with their new class 7200 race truck during Saturday’s Mint 400 race in Nevada. This race had over 330 participants and over 35 in the 7200 class alone. Team Diaz Racing finished 6th in class, an impressive result. The Mint 400 is a historic race, and featured in Fear and …

AP- The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of an Arizona inmate whose execution was stayed last year. Daniel Wayne Cook was scheduled to be executed April 5, 2011, for killing a man and a teenage boy in 1987 in Lake Havasu City. But the day before, the high court stayed the execution until it ruled on Cook’s claims …

A separate incident from the crash which backed up AZ 95 for a few hours this morning occurred at around lunchtime by Resort Drive on the north side of Parker. Traffic was unaffected. CRIT Police and Fire responded to the scene, along with River Medical.

9:50am– A head-on collision 2.28 miles north of Bill Williams Bridge is impacting traffic between Parker and Lake Havasu City. The crash is reportedly between a truck and motorhome, and both northbound and southbound lanes of AZ 95 have been closed since 9:28am. 10:43am– La Paz County Sheriff’s Department urges travelers to take an alternate route, calling the accident “severe”. ADOT has …

A large wildfire in the valley south of the town of Parker is charring acres of river brush and sending a huge plume of smoke into the air that can be seen dozens of miles away. The La Paz County Sheriff’s Department says the fire “may take a while to be contained” and is advising people to stay away from …