Hello. I used to come to this site multiple times a day, as it seemed like a great place to come for things that were happening in Parker. Now it seems like the only thing you are covering are Quartzsite. What happen to covering other things before the Pioneer did? – Anonymous Take a look at the Pioneer this past …

Saturday’s Quartzsite Liberty Festival made its mark on Quartzsite Saturday as planned, despite temperatures of 114 to 117 degrees. The rally was arranged to protest the actions of the town’s council and police chief, most conspicuously the treatment of Quartzsite police officers who were suspended or fired in what the protestors say was retaliation for bringing formal allegations against Chief …

Two Arizona state legislators are among those set to attend a demonstration march and rally organized for this Saturday, August 27th in Quartzsite. The ‘Quartzsite Liberty Fest’ is being arranged by organizations sympathetic to the cause of the town’s mayor, embattled police officers who have been suspended or fired recently, and local activists including Jennifer Jones. Representative Carl Seel, House …

This morning, KLPZ gave away an Apple iPhone after registering listeners’ names for several weeks. The first name called was Cherre Hooper, and the second Marty Pretends-Eagle; both of them hadn’t called the studio within one minute and thirty-eight seconds. The third name called was Jay Clagg, who called within fifteen seconds to claim his prize: an iPhone Gift Card …

This is an open thread for today only! If you have a planking picture to submit, it needs to be emailed to by midnight tonight. We’ll post your submissions below, and each valid submission (per person) will receive 11 registrations to KLPZ’s iPhone Giveaway. Below: Sherrie Irwin, Randy Hartless, Mary Hamilton, Shauna Marler, Claudia Woodhouse, Jay Clagg, Eddy Bernini, …

The Quartzsite town council voted today to remove many of the powers currently held by the town mayor and give them instead to the 7-member council. This action will be seen by many as part of an ongoing feud between the council and Mayor Ed Foster, who alleges that the council and police chief violated open meeting laws, refused his …

UPDATE: Planking photos are coming in! Add yours by emailing it to . The pics will go up on the site this Wednesday. This is me, planking. It doesn’t take a high number of neurons to be firing in one’s head, or any special skills or insight. You don’t even need to be in possession of any basic common sense. …

Current affairs in Quartzsite have been big news in recent months, and have brought with them charges of corruption, troublemaking and nepotism. On that last charge, a Parker Live reader comments: “We live in the land of political nepotism. If an employee is accused of theft, the police are all too zealous to show up and slap on the cuffs, …

A report by the Arizona Ombudsman agrees with Quartzsite Mayor Ed Foster that the town wrongfully denied his request for access to information about the town’s finances and payroll. Foster has alleged that the town blocked his access to information about where town money was going, speculating that there were more people being paid by the town than there were …

In front of a packed courtroom Monday, Judge Randolph Bartlett allowed a hearing on the Quartzsite police officer firings to continue, despite a motion from an attorney for the Town of Quartzsite questioning the legality of the proceedings. The hearing followed a temporary restraining order issued by Bartlett in recent weeks which ordered the town to reinstate two police officers …