The Arizona Independent is reporting that the Chief of Police in Quartzsite is asking the Council to declare a State of Emergency due to the publicity the town has been receiving after the arrest of Jennifer ‘Jade’ Jones at a public meeting: Quartzsite Police Chief Jeff Gilbert has asked the town council to declare a “state of emergency” due to …

7:11am– Another violent storm knocked down 10 power poles last night, leaving Quartzsite without power. APS advises that the cooling center at 665 W Tyson Street (1st Assembly of God Church) is open. Updates to follow via Twitter @APSOutageCenter. 7:14am– Via Nixle: Power is out in Bouse and Quartzsite AZ due to a storm last night and should be restored …

I’ve received many messages asking me to put this up. Like much of what goes on in Quartzsite politics, it can be difficult to determine who is in the right and who is in the wrong, but this video of the arrest of Jennifer ‘Jade’ Jones for disorderly conduct in a town council meeting has gone viral on the internet, …

12:50pm– A power outage occurred in the town of Parker around 12:44pm. Power is still out as 12:50. Updates will follow. 12:52pm– APS has called to inform the public that the cause of the outage is currently unknown. 1:06pm– Power still out for the town of Parker. KLPZ is off the air. 1:13pm– Power restored in Parker. KLPZ back on-air. …

Route between Parker and Lake Havasu City will be affected The Arizona Department of Transportation is nearing completion of a project to add a left turn lane on State Route 95 in the Holiday Harbour area of Parker. Workers will begin paving the roadway along SR 95 Monday (July 11). Paving will take place between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. …

Power has been restored by APS to all customers in La Paz and Yuma Counties who were without power due to this week’s storm. APS spokesperson Andrea Bereznak said, “With poles and wire down across southwest Arizona, crews worked continuously to make the necessary repairs and restore power. As of 3am on July 7th, APS has all customers in Yuma …

UPDATE 3:11pm– The National Weather Service has revised its forecast predicting thunderstorms, saying now there is only a 20 percent chance of rain. ——— ORIGINAL 12:28pm– The Parker area received almost nine-tenths of an inch of rain last night (0.88in), as recorded at KLPZ radio station in the town of Parker. The monsoon storm downed power lines in some areas …

Via Nixle All roads in La Paz County are open. Motorists are urged to drive with care. 17 power poles are down in the Quartzsite area. Power will be out most of the day. APS will have a trailer of dry ice at the Shell Station on Main Street at 10am. Power is also out in Brenda and Wenden. It …

This morning’s sunrise. Photograph by Michael Collins

This morning, KLPZ spoke to La Paz County Sheriff’s Lieutenant Alan Nelson about two separate nighttime boating incidents which occurred over the weekend. Watch here. Michael Collins sent us these photographs of the incidents, one of which occurred at what is colloquially known as ‘Idiot Rock’, a small island just north of the old Sundance bar on the river.