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.

A three-time mayor of the town of Quartzsite, AZ announced last week that he is in the process of forming a public-private partnership as a response to the Yakima judgment. Charles Oldham released a press statement saying “La Paz Disposal, LLC is spearheading an effort by concerned citizens to form a $15,000,000 Public-Private Partnership (“PPP”) for waste management and disposal.” …

…according to CRIT Fire, the smoke blowing across the Parker area right now is from the intentional burning off of a wheat field in the valley earlier. No fire crews are responding to any active fire today, but the smoke is being blown across populated areas by the elevated winds today.

Happy Friday! I’ve recently heard from some of you that the process of registering on Parker Live (which is required once in order to leave comments on the site) is more difficult than it should be. I hear you. The reason registration is needed at all, and the reason it isn’t simple, is largely because of the amount of SPAM …

La Paz County Board of Supervisors met today in a well-attended special meeting aimed at solving budgetary problems by cutting personnel costs. County Administrator Dan Field addressed the Board, saying that a number of factors has created the need to cut some personnel costs at the County, which is one of the area’s biggest employers. Although this is not a …

On June 6, 2011, James Lee Bates was sentenced to ten years in the Arizona Department of Corrections for selling methamphetamine in Quartzsite, AZ. The case was investigated by the La Paz County Narcotics Task Force and prosecuted by Deputy County Attorney Stephen Lundell. On February 2, 2011, Bates sold 2.3 grams of methamphetamine, for one hundred dollars, to an …