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The Annual Parker Strip Lighted Boat Parade will be held on Saturday, November 24, 2012 along the Colorado River beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the BlueWater Resort & Casino Marina. Boats will begin lining up at 5:30 p.m. The Buckskin Fire Department and the La Paz County Sheriff’s Department will lead and follow the parade. All boats must be Coast …

Final unofficial results in the La Paz County election are in, and they say that Tony Rogers is the winner of the race for County Attorney, with 548 write-in votes. Rogers took 32% of the vote, followed by Dan Field with 26%, Steve Lundell with 22%, Glenn Buckelew with 19% and Martin Brannan with <1%. There were 99 votes between …

Press release: La Paz County Health Department is asking residents to give their input on a survey that measures their quality of life. The survey, “Voices of the Community,” is a very important part of “Healthy LA PAZ,” a study recently launched by the health department to determine the quality of life in La Paz County, the overall health of …

Tony Rogers now leads the County Attorney race with more votes counted Wednesday night. The current count now looks like this: Tony Rogers – 473 Dan Field – 388 Steve Lundell – 323 Glenn Buckelew – 291 Martin Brannan – 10 Final results may not be available until next week.

Some La Paz County races were too close to call Wednesday morning, with an unusually high number of provisional ballots still to be counted and a tight write-in race for County Attorney still being counted today. La Paz County has confirmed that there are 810 ballots still to be counted countywide, which could shake up some of the races in …

The first La Paz County unofficial results are in, but not all precincts are counted. See the first results HERE.

The number of provisional ballots being cast in today’s election is higher than normal, says Donna Hale, La Paz County Elections Director. By early afternoon over 60 were cast in the town of Parker, and over 40 upriver. Provisional votes take a few days to process, because they take longer to verify. Write-in votes also take longer, because they must …

La Paz County came out to vote today at 11 polling locations around the county, with votes being cast for the offices of President of the United States, U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative, County Supervisor, County Attorney, Sheriff, Treasurer, Schools Superintendent, Recorder, Assessor, AWC Governing Board, Constable and others, along with ballot propositions. Among the most-watched of these is the race for County Attorney, …

Parker High School’s volleyball team heads to Prescott for the quarterfinals today after beating Yuma Catholic again and sending them through to the championships. The game, at Tim’s Toyota Center, is today at 4 p.m. For a full report, see the News-Herald story HERE. —- UPDATE: The Lady Broncs lost to Thatcher in Prescott Valley. Pioneer story HERE.