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As part of my job each day, I’m exposed to a lot of news that I dissect and analyze and present it on the radio with a little opinion thrown in for good measure. As part of this, I often comb through all the great research being done in contemporary science, and the data it produces for us to learn …

The traffic lights at Arizona Avenue are always red. And by ‘always’ I mean ‘often enough and for such little apparent reason that it contributes to the road rage inside me.’ Does anybody else notice, when driving along California Avenue in Parker approaching the intersection with Arizona, that the lights almost always turn red just before you reach them? Further, …

Submitted by Linda Smith: Life is a Highway, and a busy one at that. From the moment people enter this world, people begin passing through our lives on a daily basis. Some pass through with nothing more than a smile and they are gone. A few slow down and share some time before moving on. Other stop, settle in and …

In today’s News-Herald: “Havasuvian”? Pfff. *Shakes head* Us Parkeranians scoff at such nomenclature. Happy Monday, folks.

I didn’t think the number ’13’ in the year 2013 would mean anything, but I have already been potentially proven wrong. This morning, La Paz County’s duly elected representatives were sworn in at the La Paz County Superior Court. I stopped by my office at around 7:53am, spoke briefly to Keith and then rushed out the door to the car …

On November 6th when you cast your vote for President and Vice President, you will not actually be voting for the person listed as the candidate for that office, you will be voting for the list of ‘electors’ for that office.  In Arizona the list consists of 11 names.  The 11 electors who win the Arizona vote will be given …

It’s October, which means Hemet Productions has one more season on the hunt for interesting stories and people in the town of Quartzsite for our upcoming documentary film on the town. The crew has been visiting Quartzsite for over a year and a half now, interviewing people, capturing moments and covering stories in the quest to portray how unique the …

I lived in Northern Ireland from the time I was born until I was 24 years old. My hometown is Belfast, the epicenter of what came to be called The Troubles. Our local politics were the politics of conflict, with two sides who had come to hate each other. One side would try to constantly thwart the other, politically, legally, …

This week’s meeting of the Quartzsite Council has an item on its agenda that piqued my interest: “Discussion of letter received from the Freedom from Religious Foundation [sic] and possible action to replace prayer with a moment of silence as invocation.” I don’t know how the Freedom from Religion Foundation found Quartzsite, but it’s likely that one of the hundreds …