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You can now pre-register and pay on-line! Just visit our Tube Float page at parkerfun.com or go to our official Facebook Event Page and click on “Buy Tickets Now”. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year! We’ve lowered the registration fee to just $10. Some say “Why do I have to pay?” Well, it’s a fundraiser. It has been for 36 years. …

Two people are deceased after a collision early Wednesday morning at I-10 in Quartzsite. Sometime shortly after 7 o’clock a Chevy Suburban heading westbound on the freeway drifted into the emergency lane and struck a stationary vehicle. There were 9 occupants, two of whom are believed to have died at the scene. The incident occurred around milepost 19, near the …

Please help Players 9th Street Youth Center and PAACE Programs by purchasing an iRaffle ticket! There are lots of great prizes and all the proceeds benefit our youth directly! You can stop by Players 9th Street Youth Center, call (928) 669-0175 or stop by our website, paace.org, and purchase them online through PayPal by clicking on the donate button. The …

There is now a reward for whoever brings Nacho home! We can’t respond fast enough to posts, texts, etc. but we really appreciate the help we have gotten from the community! We think he might be upriver around Lakeside area. If you see him, bring him home for a reward or call me at (928) 575-6007 and we will be …

California Avenue is busy most days in the town of Parker, but today is especially difficult for motorists needing to come and go via the bridge to Highway 62. Repaving work on the westbound lanes of California Avenue north of Riverside Drive has pushed traffic onto the other two lanes. This is causing delays and a current tailback of westbound …

A truckload of free noodles was opened up to the general public this morning after a semi carrying a shipment of the product was stranded in Parker after an accident. Parker Towing was able to give hundreds of cases of the products away when the insurer wrote the shipment off, leaving the tow truck company’s owner Mark to dispose of …

We got a phone call yesterday and the message was ”your storage barn is on fire”. Three fire departments, police, Sheriff, friends and neighbors were on site. So sad to see the flames burning up our memories. Thankfully no one hurt and no neighbors were impacted. We have so much to be thankful for. Special thanks to our Buckskin Fire …

A documentary film about the access of women around the world to good education attracted so many Parker people Wednesday night that a second theater had to be opened to accommodate them all. Girl Rising, which features the stories of 9 girls and young women around the world, is currently one of the top films in the nation, and is …

The Arizona Department of Transportation is scheduled to pave State Route 95 Spur (California Ave.) in Parker from Monday, April 1 to Friday, April 5 between 4 a.m. and 6 p.m. daily. Motorists are advised to plan ahead and allow extra travel time through the work zone. What to expect during paving: SR 95 Spur (California Ave.) will be narrowed …

Arizona Public Service (APS), the largest electric utility in the state of Arizona, produced this short video covering this week’s dedication of Aaron Hill Field in Parker. Watch below.