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The current West Nile virus outbreak is the largest in history and La Paz County Health Department wants to remind residents and visitors to take precautions against mosquito bites. “In this area, mosquito activity peaks in mid to late August,” said Marion Shontz, Director of the La Paz County Health Department. “Most mosquitoes do not carry the West Nile but …

The Arizona Department of Public Safety has accepted the Town of Quartzsite’s request to investigate Police Chief Jeff Gilbert in the matter for which he was placed on administrative leave last week. This comes after Town Manager Alex Taft announced that the La Paz County Sheriff’s Department had declined to investigate. A short statement from the Town says: “Today the …

PLEASE NOTE!!!!    We have elections ALL day on Tuesday in Bouse and it could create havoc if outages are in town area on Tuesday the 28th. I work the elections and our voting stuff is electronic.  Thanks, Paula This comes a few days after APS posted details of some scheduled outages Tuesday for the Bouse area to connect new lines to …

APS Customers in the town of Bouse will experience short planned outages, in different areas of Bouse, while APS connects the new lines to the existing lines, starting Tuesday, August 28th thru Friday, August 30th. The outages will be between 30 to 90 minutes. Some Customers will experience no outages. Please call the APS main number if you have a questions, or concerns: …

The Arizona Department of Transportation is scheduled to re-stripe several sections of recently repaired pavement on State Route 72 between Bouse and Parker. Work is scheduled to take place between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday, August 27 and Tuesday, August, 28. What to expect during work hours: • Delays of approximately 15 minutes may be experienced because of intermittent …

Quartzsite Town Manager Alex Taft says Jeff Gilbert has been placed on administrative leave while an investigation into some “allegations” is conducted, and that the leave is intended to facilitate a speedy investigation, not for punishment. Here is the statement from the Town of Quartzsite: “Chief of Police Jeff Gilbert and Sergeant Fabiola Garcia were placed on administrative leave today …

The Desert Messenger is reporting via its Facebook page that Quartzsite Police Chief Jeff Gilbert has been placed on administrative leave. Town Manager Alex Taft says she will be issuing a press release shortly.

On Friday, August 17, 2012, Randy Merritt and Mongo Racing finished 1st in their class for the 3rd time in the Best In The Desert’s “General Tire Vegas to Reno, The Longest Off-Road Race in the United States.” The Best In The Desert Racing Association began putting on the “Vegas to Reno, The Longest Off-Road Race in the United States” …

Quartzsite Police Chief Jeff Gilbert says he has been exonerated of wrongdoing by the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, after the prosecutor declined to act on complaints initiated by Mayor Ed Foster. The Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) investigated Gilbert and Quartzsite Police Sergeant Xavier Frausto, according to Gilbert’s statement, on the basis of one of several complaints filed over …

The La Paz County Sheriff’s Office sent out a memo today reminding citizens of the State of Arizona’s new law regarding childrens’ booster seats that went into effect on August 2nd. The new law requires all children who are either younger than 8 years old, or who are less than 4 feet 9 inches tall (4′ 9″) to be sitting …