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A team of volunteers took to the Colorado River near Parker, AZ last Saturday with a large-scale trash collection effort at the Parker Tube Float. The swimsuit-wearing volunteers, many of whom are residents of Lake Havasu City, decided to do it in response to the excess trash that was found on the river after last year’s event. The group had …

Quartzsite Council Member-Elect Mark Orgeron has filed a legal complaint against the Town of Quartzsite Common Council challenging their refusal to seat him after he was elected to the Council in May. Orgeron alleges that the Council voted to disqualify him from taking office – even after some of them had been voted out – on the basis that he …

Dennis Wagner’s latest story on Quartzsite, published in this morning’s Arizona Republic, is currently trending at the top of the paper’s ‘Most Read’ list. The story carries the headline, ‘Quartzsite refuses to seat winning mayor’: Quartzsite residents who thought they voted in new municipal leadership found out otherwise last week when the Town Council decided not to seat Mayor-elect Ed …

A case against Quartzsite Town Attorney Martin Brannan is under review by the City of Phoenix after the city accepted the case from La Paz County Attorney Sam Vederman when he declared a conflict of interest. Vederman says the case against Brannan was investigated by the La Paz County Sheriff’s Office and sent to his office, but that the City …

DPS Press Release Arizona Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol officers took part in a Collision Reduction Detail during the highly traveled days of the Memorial Day weekend, Friday and Monday. Highway Patrol Officers patrolled Interstate 10 from milepost 0 to milepost 71 with one Highway Patrol Officer every 18 miles. On Saturday and Sunday, Highway Patrol Officers participated in …

Record or near-record high temps are in the forecast for today; the National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning like yesterday’s which will continue through today, from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. The average high for this day is 101 degrees. The highest recorded temp for this date was 111 degrees, recorded in 2001. The forecast today is …

There will be intermittent lane closures from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday (June 1st) on State Route 95 north of Parker, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. The work is part of a project to add a two-way left turn lane at Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge Road and an access road to the Central Arizona Project …

La Paz County Sheriff’s Department Press Release Memorial Weekend 2012 was busy but well behaved. It appeared that the parks along the River were close to full and even with the cooler weather and breezy conditions the numbers of boats on the water was typical for a holiday weekend. Sheriff’s Deputies were busy with calls and self initiated activities throughout …

The Parker Pioneer’s John Gutekunst has more details on Martin Brannan’s alleged confrontation with Quartzsite Mayor Jose Lizarraga HERE.