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A burglary at Players 9th Street Youth Center Tuesday night prompted PAACE, which runs the center, to release this photo of the intruder. They’re asking the public if anybody recognizes the person caught on security camera wearing a mask, but a distinctive sweatshirt or jacket with a thunderbird or eagle on the front. Randy Hartless asked the public to call …

The La Paz County Sheriff’s Office Boating Safety Center has been accepted as a finalist for the BOAT US Foundation’s Life Jacket Loaner program location. The program will make child size life jackets available for loan to those boaters who may not have them, or forgot to bring them to the River. The Coast Guard and all states require that …

This week, the White Mountain Independent features Amelia Flores, an executive officer of the Colorado River Indian Tribes Council and noted tribal archivist for the CRIT Museum. The Northland Pioneer College, from which Flores graduated in 1997 (in addition to graduating from Arizona Western College the same year) honored her as the college’s Outstanding Alumnus for spring 2013. The article marks …

UPDATE: Sams is back home!: Thank you Parker Live for helping me find “SAMs”. Family! She’s back were she belongs 😉 Love happy endings! Found wandering the streets of Parker near Blake Elementary, has markings on his shell. Contact me @ renee.welker.12 on Facebook.

UPDATE 6:50 a.m.– State Route 72 has reopened in western Arizona following a semi rollover that closed most of the highway since before 5 a.m. today, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. The closure extended from about 10 miles east of Parker at State Route 95, to about 33 miles east to the community of Vicksburg. There was no …

Press release La Paz County Attorney’s Office will kick-off 2013 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week April 23rd starting at 11:30 am at the Parker Senior Center. Please join us for lunch and a ceremony honoring Victims Advocates, Law Enforcement Officers and Service Providers—local champions of crime victims’ rights. This year’s theme — ‘New Challenges. New Solutions.’ — celebrates the spirit …

On April 12th, 2013 at approximately 6:30 p.m. a Parker Police officer attempted to serve an arrest warrant on Peter Timothy Silva Jr., 34 years old. As the officer attempted to contact Silva he started to run and then abruptly stopped and turned toward the officer and assumed a fighting stance. Silva then complied with the officers’ commands and was …

Parker Police Department On April 14th, 2013 at approximately 9:45 a.m., Parker and CRIT PD responded to Western Park for a report of a man who had been stabbed and beaten. Once at the scene, officers found the victim in a sitting position bleeding extensively from his face, arms and legs. Evidence collected at the scene revealed the suspect’s identification. …

Parker Police Department On April 13th, 2013 at approximately 10:15 p.m. Parker Police Department received a call from CRIT PD to help locate Richard Ameelyenha as a suspect wanted for a homicide that had just occurred in the 900 block of Hopi in Parker. Ameelyenha was the primary suspect in the stabbing of a man who later died. A flyer …

La Paz County Health Department has issued a clarification to their position with regard to Bountiful Baskets Food Co-op, saying that the group need only label any baked and processed goods: The health department was in conversation with the local coordinator of the Bountiful Baskets site to let them know that while the fruits and vegetables do not need to …