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7:11am– Another violent storm knocked down 10 power poles last night, leaving Quartzsite without power. APS advises that the cooling center at 665 W Tyson Street (1st Assembly of God Church) is open. Updates to follow via Twitter @APSOutageCenter. 7:14am– Via Nixle: Power is out in Bouse and Quartzsite AZ due to a storm last night and should be restored …

12:50pm– A power outage occurred in the town of Parker around 12:44pm. Power is still out as 12:50. Updates will follow. 12:52pm– APS has called to inform the public that the cause of the outage is currently unknown. 1:06pm– Power still out for the town of Parker. KLPZ is off the air. 1:13pm– Power restored in Parker. KLPZ back on-air. …

Route between Parker and Lake Havasu City will be affected The Arizona Department of Transportation is nearing completion of a project to add a left turn lane on State Route 95 in the Holiday Harbour area of Parker. Workers will begin paving the roadway along SR 95 Monday (July 11). Paving will take place between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. …

Power has been restored by APS to all customers in La Paz and Yuma Counties who were without power due to this week’s storm. APS spokesperson Andrea Bereznak said, “With poles and wire down across southwest Arizona, crews worked continuously to make the necessary repairs and restore power. As of 3am on July 7th, APS has all customers in Yuma …

UPDATE 3:11pm– The National Weather Service has revised its forecast predicting thunderstorms, saying now there is only a 20 percent chance of rain. ——— ORIGINAL 12:28pm– The Parker area received almost nine-tenths of an inch of rain last night (0.88in), as recorded at KLPZ radio station in the town of Parker. The monsoon storm downed power lines in some areas …

APS has informed Parker Live that power in the town of Quartzsite may be out until tomorrow (Thu) afternoon. Dry ice is now available at the Shell gas station at Highway 95 and Main Street in Quartzsite. APS is working on setting up a cooling center which will be open for everyone. All 2012 permanent customers in Quartzsite are currently …

Via Nixle All roads in La Paz County are open. Motorists are urged to drive with care. 17 power poles are down in the Quartzsite area. Power will be out most of the day. APS will have a trailer of dry ice at the Shell Station on Main Street at 10am. Power is also out in Brenda and Wenden. It …

The La Paz County Sheriff’s Office reports a relatively quiet and uneventful 4th of July holiday weekend. According to Sheriff’s spokesman Lt. Alan Nelson, there were no major incidents on the river or on the highways. Through Monday morning, a total of 16 persons were arrested and booked into the jail, five for warrants, three for DUI, two for possession …

Saturday evening, June 25th at approximately 9:50pm four persons were injured in a boating crash on the Colorado River, near the old Sundance nightclub. Thomas Kochinas, age 31 of Newport Beach, CA was operating a 20-foot Bayliner boat northbound on the Parker Strip when the vessel impacted a rock outcropping known locally as “Idiot Rock”. Kochinas suffered minor injuries in …

This morning, KLPZ spoke to La Paz County Sheriff’s Lieutenant Alan Nelson about two separate nighttime boating incidents which occurred over the weekend. Watch here. Michael Collins sent us these photographs of the incidents, one of which occurred at what is colloquially known as ‘Idiot Rock’, a small island just north of the old Sundance bar on the river.