A Parker courtroom was occupied with high school students one afternoon last week as the students sat in on a real jury trial to learn about the legal system. The trial of Rick Bower centered around a Quartzsite, AZ incident with police. Bower is accused of trying to run from cops, fighting with them and, ultimately, aggravated assault on the …

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9:30am- Highway 95 is closed at this time due to an accident near milepost 146 north of the town of Parker. More information to come. 9:41am- Unconfirmed reports that the accident involved an ATV and one fatality. 10:27am- The location is between Osborne Wash and Resort Drive north of Parker, AZ. Traffic is being detoured via the BlueWater Resort and …

Listen to the band Catfish Junction play live, AND hear sisters Hailey and Victoria Ferris talk about becoming Miss La Paz and Miss La Paz Outstanding Teen. Also on this week’s episode of the Parker Livecast, Josh and John chat about fitness trackers, upcoming events, The Beetis and cholesterol. It’s a packed edition of our regular podcast, and it’s available …

The Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge will be closed temporarily from April 6th until April 9th. “We are putting down new gravel and regrading the parking lots,” said Catherine Bell at the Refuge. “We are also going to be repairing the non-motorized boat launch to make it easier for canoers and kayakers to load and unload their boats.” The …

With the fourth year of record-breaking drought, the claim that California has only one year of water left in its reservoirs is pretty headline-grabbing. It’s also not quite true, according to Jeffrey Kightlinger, the general manager of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Quoted in WIRED magazine, Kightlinger says the state will have ways of stretching water reserves out …

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Six contestants for Miss La Paz County join us on the Parker Livecast this week, to talk about this year’s pageant, difficult interview questions and how to keep a swimsuit in place. Also: John Wright, Josh Savino and Michael Collins talk about life in the 80s, why more people from Parker don’t go to Joshua Tree National Park, and some …

Lanna Flood had a passion for working with young children, so it was a fitting tribute when members of Parker Apostolic Church made a special donation in Flood’s memory to students at the Colorado River Indian Tribes Head Start preschool. Church members collected more than 100 children’s books to stock 10 mobile carts donated by First Things First as part …

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