La Paz County Administrator Dan Field stopped by KLPZ studios this morning with Assessor George Nault and Recorder Shelly Baker to talk about the latest in regards to settling the County’s debt to Yakima Company. Watch here.

A public hearing will be conducted by the Board of Supervisors of La Paz County, Arizona at a meeting of the Board on Thursday, August 25, 2011, which begins at 10:00 a.m. (or as soon thereafter as can be accommodated by the Board’s agenda) in the Board’s Meeting Room, located at 1108 Joshua Avenue, Parker, Arizona, on a proposal for …

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In recent weeks, 18 abandoned open and dangerous mine shafts on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) public lands were closed in the town of Quartzsite. Bat gates and cupolas were installed over the shafts which close access to humans but allow ingress/egress to bat populations. Quartzsite is usually a small town, but during the winter months it grows thousands of …

Last October, Hemet Productions’ 42-minute documentary Goatman: Search for the Legend premiered to a standing room-only screening at a vacant retail store in Parker. This year, we’re in production on a feature-length documentary with the working title “QUARTZSITE”; hoping to tell the story of the town, its colorful characters, political drama, and fascinating history. Watch an early trailer here: And …

Parker Live readers whose internet access is provided by Parker’s cable service will be happy to hear that the new provider Suddenlink is increasing the speeds of its service. Suddenlink services with download speeds of 756 Kilobits per second (Kbps) and 6 and 10 Megabits per second (Mbps) have been increased up to 1.5, 10 and 15 Mbps, respectively, and …

The press release below was sent to Parker Live on July 10th by the La Paz County Attorney Sam Vederman in order to make it clear that his office is complying with a large public information request. The original press release included the email correspondence between the person making the request, Ms. Violet Kiss, and Vederman, so I posted it …

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There are two great Filipino fighters in the world today, but only one is undefeated. His name is Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta (22-0-1, 12 KOs), and on Saturday, September 17th, he will headline “Battle at BlueWater 2,” a card presented by Showdown Promotions, in association with Top Rank Inc., and televised nationally by Fox Sports. BlueWater Resort & Casino will …