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Parker among highest temps last weekend

The town of Parker recorded one of the highest temperatures in the state of Arizona and the nation over the weekend, as a strong high-pressure system moved over the western U.S. and brought sizzling temps with it. On Friday, the high temperature was 120 degrees. On Saturday, the mercury reached 121, the highest temp recorded in at least 12 years. …

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Listening in…

In the early 1980s I lived near Las Vegas, Nevada, where I met a group organizing a barter system for exchanging goods and services. They wanted nothing to do with money, they said, because the government was putting magnetic strips into the fabric to track the money. “They could drive by your house,” the barterers explained, “zap it with something …

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The Heat

An appropriate title for this week in Arizona, The Heat is an R-rated comedy playing this week at BlueWater Cinemas in Parker. Here’s Josh Savino’s review of the film! —– JOSH: Warning: You will laugh…A LOT! Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy team up for a hilarious take on the ‘buddy-cop’ movie in The Heat. Bullock and McCarthy’s surprising on-screen chemistry …

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Summer heat wave: Health Dept warns of dangers

La Paz County Health Department Press Release “It’s very hot outside,” said Marion Shontz, Director of the La Paz County Health Department. “Be informed, drink plenty of water, and try to stay indoors as much as possible.” The National Weather Service in Phoenix issued an Excessive Heat Warning for the southwest portion of Arizona. Temperatures are expected to be in …

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Infographic: How to deal with the heatwave this weekend

This weekend’s forecast is an unusual one: near-record highs over the weekend, and not dropping off again until Monday or Tuesday next week. How to survive it and make sure your susceptible neighbors and friends do too? See below. (Via Katie Turnbow at La Paz County Health Department.)

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