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The Wall Street Journal’s Tamara Audi has written a comprehensive article on the latest political battles in the town of Quartzsite. It’s available to subscribers HERE. Highlights: “We’re calling this the Twilight Zone in Quartzsite,” said Ed Foster, the elected, but so far unseated, mayor who has filed a complaint in superior court to force the town to install him. …

Itching? Getting bitten? You’re not the only one. Mosquitos have been breeding in the standing water after this year’s active and long monsoon season, which soaked the Parker area all summer. CRIT has been fogging with insecticide in the valley, which may help with mosquitos. But, unlike Texas, which is suffering with its worst West Nile virus outbreak in years, …

Changes at the Federal level will soon affect the Vaccines For Children (VFC) Immunization Program. Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) has notified local health departments that after October 15, 2012, they will not be able to give publicly funded VFC vaccine to clients that have private insurance. These clients will have to be referred to their private providers. “While …

BlueWater Resort & Casino will host the Centurion World Wake Surf Championships September 27–29. The river in front of BlueWater will again be teaming with a competitive watersport. Scheduled to compete are 147 world’s best riders and the best view to watch these athletes is the River’s Edge Cantina at BlueWater’s Resort & Casinos beach. The Centurion World Wake Surfing …

The fate of one of the County’s top elected positions will be in the hands of voters that choose to write in a candidate’s name on their ballots this November. The office of County Attorney will be vacated by Sam Vederman in December when he is appointed Judge of the La Paz County Superior Court by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer. …

A retired financial administrator whose job it was to rescue school districts and turn them around, a Northern Nevada resident Laura Bruno has been hired by the Town of Quartzsite Common Council as Interim Town Manager. Bruno held a roundtable meeting with the press and the community Friday at which she emphasized the need for patience but vowed to get …

A fire at a water treatment plant north of Parker resulted in an unknown amount of damage and an appeal from the sewer board to conserve water. The cause of the fire, which broke out Thursday night at the Buckskin Sanitary District plant, is not currently known, according to a notice from the Board: “We are in the process of …

A local man was arrested after 2 a.m. on Tuesday morning for firing shots that hit two businesses on Joshua Avenue in the town of Parker. Nicholas Garlow, 29, was arrested by Parker P.D. after Officer Chrusciel heard a popping sound and an alarm go off and went to investigate. Garlow is reported to have told Chrusciel he “f***ed up” …

Continental Jewelry on Riverside Drive in Parker was robbed after 4 p.m. Tuesday and the owner is reaching out to the community to help retrieve her stolen jewelry. Around 30 pairs of gold earrings were taken by a male and a female while the owner was in the back of the shop. They sped off in a white, 07/08/09 year …

The dates are set for the first La Paz County adult flu clinics and the La Paz County Health Department has plenty of vaccine. The influenza vaccine will be provided at: Parker High School on September 26st from 4-6pm; Ehrenburg Fire Department October 3th from 9:30-11:30am; Bouse Booster Club on October 4th from 10:00-11:00am; McMullen Fire Department in Salome on …