John Wright

As you read this I’m in the air, somewhere between Parker, Arizona and Belfast, Northern Ireland. My plane lands on the Emerald Isle early Tuesday morning (very early, much to my dad’s chagrin – he’ll be picking me up). My mom, dad, brother, sister, nieces, uncle and a lot of old friends all live there, and until recently, most of …

Since last week’s story went out about suspected drug dealers being arrested in a ’roundup’ by the La Paz County Task Force, the reaction has been overwhelmingly in support of law enforcement. The feedback (some of which isn’t visible anymore as a result of a technical update on the new Parker Live site) includes these comments: “Great job, Law Enforcement. …

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, …

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 …

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 …