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Uncle Max, a commentator with KLPZ every year for the Parker 425 off-road races since the early 90s, has died at a California hospital after suffering an aneurysm and associated brain hemorrhage. He remained in a coma for several days after doctors say he suffered some brain damage.
Max was a veteran of the sport of [...]

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Please feel free to visit Buckskin Sanitary District’s website  for more information.
Take caution while in these areas. DO NOT approach the construction area without prior notification and approval of the Project Foreman as you will be required to wear the appropriate safety equipment.
ROAD CLOSURES:   • Black Rock Drive July 28  • Hilltop Drive July 29 [...]

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We’ve learned that the construction of a sewer project can be contentious. Now, attention shifts from road repaving to the location of Buckskin Sanitary District’s wastewater treatment plant.
A public meeting is due to begin at 5pm at La Paz County Sheriff’s Boat Safety Building at 8484 Riverside Drive north of Parker to discuss the two [...]

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As the public is aware, the Board of Supervisors along with the Town of Parker and the Town of Quartzsite have been working very hard on improving the services to our families in need who are hungry. We are making changes to our Food banks and I wanted to make sure we were doing all [...]

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Cart-pushing, list-bearing shoppers swarm through the new Walmart after the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremonies. Sources within Walmart report that Parker Walmart has been in the plans for 17 years.

Kathy Field and fellow Walmart Associates cheerfully greet an enthusiastic crowd as Walmart opened its doors July 15. Some shoppers reported arriving at 5 in [...]

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Is this a typical weekend visit to Parker in the summer months? YouTuber Daninsand documents a weekend with his family on the Parker Strip using high-speed footage shot with a remote-mountable camera.

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Please feel free to visit our website for Project Updates and Board Meeting information.
Take caution while in these areas. DO NOT approach the construction area without prior notification and approval of the Project Foreman as you will be required to wear the appropriate safety equipment.
It is uncertain at this time if mainline piping on Riverside [...]

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It took a while, but we’re finally able to post these photographs of this years’s Great Western Tube Float, taken from the air by Ted Sutton. An estimated 2500 – 3500 people took to the water for this event, which is an important annual fundraiser for the Parker Area Chamber of Commerce. (Thanks to Ted [...]

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PARKER, Arizona — The Colorado River Indian Tribes Tribal Council has unanimously approved an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA), between CRIT and the La Paz County Task Force to combat and investigate drug trafficking and related criminal racketeering offenses within La Paz County and the Indian Reservation.
On July 15, 2009, at the quarterly Task Force meeting, the [...]

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Riverside Drive was paved on June 11th & 12th, 2009, starting at the traffic light on Highway 95 to Cienega Springs Road.
La Paz County is contributing $68,132 towards BSD’s cost for full pavement vs. patching on Riverside Drive.
Additional patchwork included the Cienega Springs Area and Lower Moovalya Estates.
Lateral placement is being completed in Upper Moovalya [...]

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Walmart is the latest addition to Parker retail, opposite Safeway on Riverside Drive. Wednesday morning’s grand opening at 8 o’clock was attended by a few hundred eager shoppers. Photo credit Ted Sutton, who took this picture from his aircraft. (Click pic for larger version.)

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Check out this article about our own Gene Price Motorsports located here in Parker, AZ. The monthly Chamber of Commerce Business mixer will be held at Gene’s garage up river this Thursday.
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PARKER, Arizona (July 10, 2009) — The CRIT Fire Department and outside agencies have extinguished a fire that started on July 4 near the Aha’khav Tribal Preserve.
On July 4 at approximately 9:42 p.m., the CRIT Department of Law Enforcement Services, was contacted by Big River residents in reference to a “fire on the Arizona side.” [...]

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