10:11pm– An incident at the Colorado River near Cienega Springs public launch ramp has B-95 (Riverside Drive) closed at Cienega Springs Road. Medical helicopter has landed by the roadside for evacuation to a metro hospital. The road is currently not open for traffic; motorists must detour on Highway 95 to Golf Course Drive. 10:30pm– Unconfirmed reports of a motorcycle accident …

Firefighters are holding the 400-acre Laguna Fire along the Colorado River about 15 miles north of Yuma, Ariz. Firefighters made good progress Thursday on the Laguna Fire. The acreage burned is unchanged at approximately 400-600 acres. Currently the fire is estimated at 40% contained with full containment May 23, 2011. Mapping will be done later today or early Friday. Most …

With summer season upon us and the weather expected to get much hotter within the next week, people will be taking to the beautiful cool water of the Colorado River to play. This YouTube video captures the mood perfectly.

This is Shera Webb, of Parker, who was pulled from the back of her rolled-over vehicle last Thursday by paramedics. She was thrown from her driver’s seat to the rear of the vehicle by the impact of the accident, which happened at the intersection of Arizona and California Avenues. By all accounts she is doing very well, especially considering the severity …

Dear Diamondback Fans, There is a little over a week left for you to purchase your tickets for the D-Backs hosting the Chicago White Sox at the baseball game to be held on Saturday, June 18, 2011, 5:10 in the afternoon. Tickets are available at the Town of Parker Public Works Department for $35.00 each.  A portion of the sale …

A vehicle has collided into a street light on Highway 95 just north of Parker by Resort Drive. The highway remains open while emergency services respond to the accident. The car came to a standstill in a ditch off the highway near BlueWater Resort & Casino, which is host today to Best In The Desert’s motorcycle, quad and UTV race …

Spam Cruise I’m a busy guy so I don’t get a chance to vacation much. A trip to Laughlin is pretty much it for me. I’ve never been to Europe or the Caribbean. I’ve never even been on a cruise ship. A while back a cruise ship broke down off the California coast, although “broke down” may be an understatement …

10:52– A two-vehicle traffic accident at the intersection of California and Arizona Avenues in Parker has the main road closed in both directions. 10:53– 11:14– Accident happened in front of the Chamber of Commerce building on California Avenue, who called 911. A white minivan appears to have been exiting Arizona Avenue and collided with an unidentified vehicle, causing a rollover. …

Despite the extreme difficulty of doing so, a group of lawyers and activists in Pima County hope to create America’s 51st state, called ‘Baja Arizona’. If the long and punishing road ahead yields the result the group wants, the new state would be bigger than Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut and New Jersey by land-mass, and larger than Alaska, Montana, Wyoming or the …