Spray-painting, boats sinking and fake skeletons: there’s no place like Parker, Arizona, and nobody covers it the way Parker Live does! Dear readers: The Parker community is huge, and includes a ton of people who come and go from our shores all year long. Most of you don’t live here on a permanent, year-round basis, but consider yourselves river people …

“Do you know when the Corps of Engineers is lowering the water level on the Parker Strip?” – Nancy I haven’t lived in Parker long enough to remember the 10-foot drawdowns that would happen annually and expose much of the riverbed to the open air. For the past number of years, the annual drawdown has been only about a foot …

A hushed courtroom heard that Victor Silva has been found guilty of first-degree murder in La Paz County Superior Court at 6pm Monday by a jury who had deliberated for around 6 hours. Silva had been accused by the State of Arizona of causing the death of his accomplice, after what authorities described as a crime spree that ended badly. …

Proof that Santa has been spotted going around the river on his waverunner delivering candy canes to children at various subdivisions, parks and resorts. Parker, AZ: Where Santa comes to play! (NOTE: Santa will be out delivering on Christmas Eve from 11am – 2pm.)

Parker area retail businesses have been having issues running credit cards at one of the busiest times in the year, leading to customer frustration and headaches for employees, and it all appears to be due to outages affecting toll-free phone numbers. Parker Live spoke to two area restaurant owners about the issue, which they say has resulted in chaos during …

In the past couple of weeks, I’ve received more than a few requests to look into a Moonridge-area property development not far from Parker Dam, and some accusations that the contractors grading the hillside are allowing rocks and large boulders to land in the Colorado River. So, the other day I drove up there to see for myself and get some …

A new off-highway vehicle trail will traverse 750 miles of Yuma, La Paz and Mohave counties and form a connecting loop, according to organizers. The Arizona Peace Trail will utilize existing trails and dirt roads throughout western Arizona and connect from Bullhead City, AZ in the north to Yuma, AZ in the south. A team of volunteers from several off-road clubs …

Thousands of pounds of gifts are going out from KLPZ’s studios in Parker, AZ this morning to around 110 elderly citizens around La Paz County for Christmas. The annual ‘Elder Tree’ program, started by KLPZ’s Juanita Learn, brings Christmas to seniors in need, many of whom are housebound. Every year, staff with the Meals on Wheels program ask the seniors in the …

Parker, AZ is known for its part-timers: people who spend some or most of their time working or living in another city, state or country and regularly make the trek to the Parker Strip to play. To cater for their needs, storage facilities have multiplied, and can be found everywhere. These storages are often used for keeping boats for the …

An ‘active shooter’ drill took place Thursday morning, with area agencies attending to the mock emergency at Parker Indian Health Center. An active shooter is defined as an individual who is actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people. The community drill uses volunteers with special effects makeup as actors to play ‘victims’ for the agencies to respond to. …