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The La Paz County Board of Supervisors met in a hastily-organized meeting yesterday at 4 p.m. in order to officially declare an emergency, according to a County press release: “At the emergency session, the La Paz County Board of Supervisors declared an emergency due to the action taken by the Yakima Compost Company filing Writs of Garnishment against the public …

The overnight low this morning in Parker was 23 degrees, observed at around 7:45am. It’s part of a nationwide cold front in which 30 states are blanketed by snow in the worst winter storm in decades. A freeze warning was issued by the National Weather Service for a wide area of desert communities and lasts until 10am: * IMPACTS: BELOW …

Yesterday’s article at Parker Live on the news of Yakima’s writ of attachment against public funds has provoked much reaction from the public. At around lunchtime, the traffic to this site overloaded a remote server on which the site is hosted, and was shut down for over 90 minutes. This was resolved in cooperation with InMotion who beefed up the …

Yakima Company, which has been involved in legal entanglements with La Paz County for several years, has filed a writ of attachment on around $10.9 million in public funds supervised by the County, $10.7m of which belongs to other entities. In a move County Administrator Dan Field calls “sad”, “foolhardy” and “unethical”, Yakima owner Jim Willett’s action freezes the money …

The Colorado River Indian Tribes has implemented some new fees for fans at the legendary BlueWater Resort & Casino Parker 425 off-road races this year. The fees are payable to CRIT Fish & Game at 2100 Mutahar, Parker, AZ, (928) 669-9285.

Parker 250 – Up Close and a Little Personal! I heard screaming racecars when I was outside hanging laundry. Race day! I had forgotten the Parker 250 was today. The Bouse bend on the desert racecourse is only a few miles from my house so I jumped in my Jeep to go have a look. A lone racecar bumped and …

CalTrans will be beginning construction on a new bridge across the Colorado River on Highway 62 between Parker, AZ and Earp, CA by the end of February. The existing bridge has scour deficiencies and will be demolished in the construction process. The cost of the project is estimated at around $29.6 million, and is fully funded by the 2009 State …

A judge has dismissed the case against a man who admitted to murder in Apache County after the court found the Apache County Attorney’s office infringed the man’s constitutional rights by talking with him without his attorney present. Former La Paz County Attorney Martin Brannan was the lead prosecutor in the case and is now being subjected to a Bar …

A fire in a Parker backyard was contained by fire crews at lunchtime today without spreading. NPG Cable broadband internet service is still down. Some speculated that the fire had burned down an overhead cable line. The outage affects at least Parker Town and the Parker Strip. UPDATE: A crew member at NPG says the fire burned through the company’s …