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APS says its crews will work throughout the night to restore power to 2,374 customers in the town of Quartzsite. Meantime, generators are providing power at the Isaiah 58 Project church, and any customers who need to purchase ice to protect their food can send their receipts to APS for reimbursement. Barring further stormy weather, APS hopes to have power …

La Paz Sheriff: Flash Flood warning throughout La Paz County. The intersection at SR95 and SR72 (12 mile junction) will be shut down. Most of the highways across the county are not passable at this time. Please avoid driving.

Parts of the Parker area were without power again Saturday afternoon as powerful monsoon storms continued to roll through the region, knocking down power lines and keeping APS, BIA and WAPA crews busy trying to restore service to customers who lost it. This follows flooding in normally dry washes and damage to some infrastructure, the details of which remain unclear. …

La Paz County Sheriff’s Dispatch has passed along reports of vehicles needing to stop on I-10 due to a storm coming through the area in South La Paz County. The Department urges caution and advises limiting travel.

Mohave Road, the main route through the Parker Valley, is closed after last night’s downpour, which brought sediment, trees and brush onto the roadway and caused potential damage to the road. The storm, which hit Lake Havasu City an hour earlier, was the largest of this year’s monsoon season so far.

The Arizona Department of Transportation is scheduled to stripe the new pavement on Interstate 10 east of Quartzsite Monday, July 16 through Friday, July 20 between 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Motorists are advised to plan ahead and allow extra travel time between Phoenix and Quartzsite due to lane restrictions. Motorists should expect slow moving traffic on I-10 in both directions …

KLPZ’s annual Flog tournament (‘golf’ spelled backwards) tees off early tomorrow morning at Emerald Canyon Golf Course. The annual event, which involves playing 9 holes of golf with baseball bats, pays prize money to its amateur players and helps benefit chosen local charities. Many of the ‘floggers’ try for a chance at the prize for Best-Dressed, which can be quite …

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado River District has announced fire restrictions on 5.4 million acres of public lands in western Arizona and southeastern California along the Colorado River. Citing the protection of the public, natural resources, and reducing the risks of wildfires, fire prevention orders are now being enforced on all public lands within the BLM Yuma, Lake Havasu, …

At an evidentiary hearing Thursday in federal court, Quartzsite councilman-elect Mark Orgeron tried to convince Chief Judge Silver that, despite the claims of the Town of Quartzsite, he was a resident of the town when he ran for office and won, and that he should therefore be seated as a council member immediately. Both Orgeron and his wife testified at …

On June 21st, 2012, Quartzsite Police arrested and booked Quartzsite residents Jennifer Hayes, 31, and William Buckley Jr., 47, into the La Paz County Jail on charges including felony molestation of a child, felony sexual conduct with a minor and felony transferring drugs to/involving a minor in a drug offense. The investigation into Hayes and Buckley began on June 8th, …