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The La Paz County Board of Supervisors has issued a settlement offer to Yakima’s Jim Willett of $9.2 million, the amount of the original judgment. Out of this, Willett would need to pay his legal fees (which are rumored to be in the millions of dollars). The offer will be contingent upon an action granted to La Paz County by …

The Incident Commander of the Laguna Fire says that the target for full containment of the 751-acre blaze north of Yuma is now more likely to occur on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 than on Monday. Firefighters are working now inside the fire’s perimeter where several hotspots of smoldering or creeping flames burn close to pockets of unburned vegetation. Sunday’s higher …

Some miscellaneous items, an executive session and a worksession form part of Tuesday’s agenda for the La Paz County Board of Supervisors. Part of the special meeting Tuesday at 1:30pm will be public, but mostly it will be a private executive session devoted to discussing “settlement alternatives” to the Yakima case with the County’s attorneys. After the executive session ends, …

10:11pm– An incident at the Colorado River near Cienega Springs public launch ramp has B-95 (Riverside Drive) closed at Cienega Springs Road. Medical helicopter has landed by the roadside for evacuation to a metro hospital. The road is currently not open for traffic; motorists must detour on Highway 95 to Golf Course Drive. 10:30pm– Unconfirmed reports of a motorcycle accident …

Firefighters are holding the 400-acre Laguna Fire along the Colorado River about 15 miles north of Yuma, Ariz. Firefighters made good progress Thursday on the Laguna Fire. The acreage burned is unchanged at approximately 400-600 acres. Currently the fire is estimated at 40% contained with full containment May 23, 2011. Mapping will be done later today or early Friday. Most …

Friday the 20th, Movies in the Park will be showing Kung Fu Panda at 8:00pm at the Splash Pad (right next door to Pop Harvey Park).  It’s free fun for the whole family!  Don’t forget to bring your chairs, blankets, and snacks. There will also be FREE popcorn donated by Community Intervention Associate (C.I.A.) and free sodas donated in part …

A vehicle has collided into a street light on Highway 95 just north of Parker by Resort Drive. The highway remains open while emergency services respond to the accident. The car came to a standstill in a ditch off the highway near BlueWater Resort & Casino, which is host today to Best In The Desert’s motorcycle, quad and UTV race …

10:52– A two-vehicle traffic accident at the intersection of California and Arizona Avenues in Parker has the main road closed in both directions. 10:53– 11:14– Accident happened in front of the Chamber of Commerce building on California Avenue, who called 911. A white minivan appears to have been exiting Arizona Avenue and collided with an unidentified vehicle, causing a rollover. …

La Paz County Attorney Press Release On May 6, 2011, a La Paz County jury convicted Martin William Dreager, 50, of Lake Havasu City, AZ, of DUI. Dreager received five days in jail, two years probation, a fine of $2,327.00 and he will have to install an ignition interlock device in any vehicle he operates for one year. The case …

Despite the extreme difficulty of doing so, a group of lawyers and activists in Pima County hope to create America’s 51st state, called ‘Baja Arizona’. If the long and punishing road ahead yields the result the group wants, the new state would be bigger than Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut and New Jersey by land-mass, and larger than Alaska, Montana, Wyoming or the …