A man was arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into large quantities of methamphetamine coming into the CRIT Reservation and Town of Parker from drug trafficking organizations in Blythe, CA. On May 14th 2015, the La Paz County Narcotics Task Force arrested Jose Hernandez from Blythe (Ripley), California. Hernandez was allegedly found in possession of approximately 1.3 pounds of …

An economic development professional in Parker has been recognized at the Arizona state level for bringing new business to La Paz County. On May 7th, 2015, Vincent “Skip” Becker, President and CEO of the La Paz Economic Development Corporation, received the 2015 Economic Developer of the Year Small Community Award from the Arizona Association for Economic Development (AAED). The Economic …

A fire gutted a mobile home leaving it a total loss Wednesday morning. The structure, at Riverglen Mobile Home Park on Cienega Springs Road north of Parker, went up in a blaze after a reported electrical fire, according to sources close to the family. The occupants of the home – a single mother and her two young children – were …

A vehicle crashed into the front of a Circle K gas station Tuesday and then took off. A store employee told Parker Live the incident was over before he saw anything. “Honestly I don’t know how it happened,” he said. “I just heard a loud boom and by the time I saw it he was taking off.” Parker Police Department …

Parker’s Ashley Hoban took 4 awards at the AAU Sports National Championship Powerlifting Meet last weekend, including first place in her class and highest coefficient of all females in the competition, according to her Facebook page. “I weighed in at 138 and I benched 135, squatted 200, and deadlifted 320! I know these lifts might not be my personal bests, …

A truck is called to make repairs at a Terrible’s gas station in Parker after stormy weather ripped the flag and broke its cables. Via Ryan S.

The Parker Police Department responded to a ‘shots fired’ call early Friday morning and found two people with gunshot wounds to the head. According to a press release by Sergeant Mike Bailey, when the officers arrived to the house on the 1500 Block of 15th Street, it was discovered that a female subject was lying on the floor of the …

[powerpress] Lieutenant Curt Bagby has been in law enforcement for over two decades, but he’s never had a week like this: spent mostly dealing with calls from media outlets around the world who all want information about a completely unimportant story about the discovery of two Costco skeletons on the bed of the Colorado River north of Parker. Bagby has …

UPDATE: Work pushed back to begin on May 20th. The Town of Parker Public Works Department plans to perform road maintenance on various streets, beginning later this month. The work to apply a scrub seal treatment to some Parker roads is planned to begin May 17th May 20th, 2015. “The work will cause a disruption to motoring around certain parts …

“We never imagined that anybody would ever find them” – Skeletons were placed by dive buddies from Phoenix – They hoped the media sensation would blow over – They met with sheriff’s officials Thursday The people at the center of an international news story around the discovery of a mysterious fake skeleton ‘tea party’ at the bottom of the Colorado …