Another U.S. county, in a similar predicament as La Paz County, has filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy, the Idaho Statesman reports: In a move rare in the United States and perhaps unprecedented in Idaho, Boise County, ID is filing for federal protection against a multimillion dollar judgment. “This was not our first option. This was our last option,” said Jamie …

World record-holding firewalker Jim Jarvis from Bouse, AZ performed in Quartzsite last month. For the background story, click here.

On March 1, 2011, the Arizona Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction and sentence of Rexford Gene Wolfe, 62, formerly of San Francisco, CA. Wolfe was convicted by a La Paz County jury, on October 22, 2009, of ten counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor under 15 years of age and he was sentenced to serve 100 years in …

A public meeting of the La Paz County Board of Supervisors has been scheduled to discuss the County Treasurer’s routine custody of Special District and School District funds. The meeting comes a few weeks after the funds became entangled in the legal proceedings of the ongoing Yakima case, causing many to notice for the first time the current practice of …

Watch this segment from Friday’s Afternoon Show on KLPZ, in which former Parker resident Dennis Yang, his friend JC and his mom stop in Parker during their run across America for literacy. An author of 110 children’s books, Yang is passionate about education and completed part of his own – during middle school – at Wallace Elementary in Parker.

Long-time boat racer Dave Sammonds was airlifted from the river to hospital in Phoenix yesterday after a one-man boat accident left him with injuries requiring surgery. The accident happened around lunchtime Thursday while Sammonds was testing a boat along a stretch of the Colorado River north of Parker near the Keys. He reportedly suffered a broken femur, broken ribs, laceration to …

Last week, KLPZ interviewed local Parker resident Scotty Gallan, who recently turned 70 years old and celebrated by skydiving 70 times in 10 hours at Parker airport on February 12th. Gallan said the jumps were exhausting but satisfying, noting that he and his team believe the event has set a new world record. Each jump took approximately 6-7 minutes, the …

KLPZ’s morning guy Keith Learn has a way to pay La Paz County’s debt to Yakima Company: medical marijuana. The County is expected to grant at least one special use permit for a marijuana dispensary under the state of Arizona’s new law permitting the use of marijuana for chronically ill patients. Recent public work sessions at the County and the …

Wanted in Blythe, CA for lewd act on a child, sexual penetration with a child under 16 years old, unlawful sexual intercourse with a child under 16 years old and infliction of corporal injury upon a child. Evaded authorities in Blythe, CA. If you see this man, call 911. Do not approach. (Sheriff’s statement HERE. Earlier story in Blythe HERE.)