Blythe City Council's proposed 2013-14 fiscal year budget
The following individuals recently received Excellence In Customer Service Awards from the Blythe Area Chamber of Commerce.
The Blythe City Council will be asked to approve the 2013/14 fiscal year budget at their June 13 meeting.
Mike Davitt has been selected as the new Palo Verde Unified School District superintendent effective July 1, 2013.
A car that spun out of control slammed into a power pole around 10 p.m. on June 1, knocking out power to blocks full of residents.
The community is invited to come out and attend the third annual Summer Safety Extravaganza.
(Top photo) Palo Verde Community College District held their 2013 commencement ceremony on June 1 in the Clancy Osborne Physical Education Building.
Clay Pierce and Aurora Bell were honored last month by the Palo Verde Unified School District Board of Trustees as May District Students of the Month.
Blythe Police detained a juvenile and adult who were photographed vandalizing a parking lot and dispensed a $100 reward to the person who reported the crime.
Mike Davitt has been selected as the new Palo Verde Unified School District superintendent effective July 1, 2013. The Palo Verde Unified School District Board of Trustees made the appointment on May 7.
Zumba Instructors Lisa Comeaux and Kami Atchley showed off their Zumba skills to Margaret White Elementary third graders during their P.E. time.
A car that spun out of control slammed into a power pole around 10 p.m. on June 1, knocking out power to blocks full of residents.
Mary Murray (right) and Katherine Anderson from Wells Fargo Bank, representing an anonymous alumni donor, presented Board President John Ulmer with a check in the amount of $282,299.56.
The Palo Verde Healthcare District Board voted 3-1 (with board member Quitty Piñon abstaining), to hire four individual doctors to staff the Palo Verde Hospital (PVH) Emergency Room beginning June 1 at its May 29 board meeting.
Felix J. Appleby student, Kendel Lindermuth and another student, Corbin Aaby, brought in thousands of UPCs and Box Tops this year for their school.
Members of the Palo Verde Healthcare District Board approved a retroactive directorship paying hospital Chief of Staff, Dr. Hossain Sahlolbei $2,400 a month, at a special June 29 board meeting.
Eric Gales headlined the 2nd Annual Blythe River Blues Festival, held last Saturday at Quechan Marina on the Colorado River.
Blythe Police detained a juvenile and adult who were photographed vandalizing a parking lot and dispensed a $100 reward to the person who reported the crime.
Palo Verde Hospital's overall cash position has declined over the past three fiscal years by more than $7 million, says a financial and operational assessment performed by HFS Consultants, current managers of the hospital.
The Palo Verde Hospital Medical Staff, which oversees medical care of the 25-bed hospital, recently offered to take a 20 percent cut off members' on-call pay, which, with directorship titles that averaged $3,000 a month, totaled to more than $3 million in pay to eight doctors.