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This is Eric Stapleton, a 58 year old from Quartzsite, AZ who didn’t show up for work on Wednesday and was declared missing. According to the Desert Messenger, Eric has grey hair, is about 5’10” or 6 feet tall and has not been seen since Monday morning. His cell phone and car were found at his house with the front …

LPC Health Dept. Press release La Paz County Health Department was the recipient of its seventh Daniel T. Cloud Outstanding Practice Award for exceptional immunization rates in adolescents at the annual Arizona Partnership for Immunizations (TAPI) awards ceremony in Phoenix, April 23, 2014. Since its inception in 2000, The Arizona Partnership for Immunizations (TAPI) has recognized exceptional efforts of individuals, …

Did you know that La Paz County has more single parent households than any other Arizona county? Or that 34% get no exercise? Us either. That’s why this infographic from the La Paz County Health Department is so… informative. Check out the Department’s Facebook page HERE.

8:30am– Motorists are experiencing some traffic delays on State Route 72 near Bouse today as a wide load is escorted along the route by Arizona Department of Public Safety. The wide load is 365 feet long and weighs around 1.2 million pounds. Drivers are urged to use an alternate route or prepare for delays as the slow-moving cargo makes its …

After a fire ravaged a thrift shop next door, the Early Bird Cafe is open for business Wednesday with only minor damage from the fire. The blaze, which was quickly put out by local fire departments, did not burn through the other storefronts in the strip mall, which are all connected wall-to-wall. In addition, nobody was reported to have been …

Early unofficial results of Tuesday’s Town of Parker ‘election’ indicate an easy victory for the La Paz County Economic Development Corporation and the town council. According to sources close to the situation, the tally is 260 votes in favor of selling the old Alewine property to an undisclosed developer, and 43 votes against. Over 85 percent of the vote was …

4:48pm– Reports are emerging that a local cafe known as the Early Bird is on fire. The cafe is located on California Avenue west of Riverside Drive intersection. 4:51pm– The fire may have spread to other storefronts in the mall. 4:56pm– First photographs. Via Cherre Hooper 5:02pm– Fire is almost out, according to observers on scene. 5:05pm– Via Cherre Hooper …

A vandal who threw a rock through the glass of the front door at Player’s 9th Street Youth Center early Monday morning is wanted by police after he was caught on camera in the act. Security camera footage showed a dark-colored vehicle pull up, a man get out and throw an object which turned out to be a cinderblock wrapped in a …

The story of an old furniture store, turned into a dirt lot, now with the potential to change the face of a community. An important piece of real estate on Riverside Drive, the ‘main drag’ in Parker, Arizona, is the focus of an unusual ‘election’ this coming week. The ‘Alewine property’ has undergone a dramatic change in recent times. It …

A woman accused of multiple counts of financial fraud will have a trial by jury in Parker after settlement offers by the state fell through. Jacqueline Nelson, a former secretary at Bouse Elementary School District, is accused of writing herself checks from District funds totalling more than $49,000. She was released on bond with some conditions attached, and a tentative …