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With a public open house planned for March 3 to gather input on the future of the Benalto Elementary School, Red Deer County has sent the school division comments on the possible impact of closing the school.

Mountain View County council has approved a new policy for the funding of visitor information centres in the municipality. The approval came during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting. On Feb.

At least two pharmacies in Mountain View County are participating in a University of Calgary study to see if eliminating insurance co-payments can reduce the risk of cardiovascular outcomes in Alberta seniors.

Olds dentist Dr. Jared Ord and his wife Lindsay Ord, a registered dental hygienist, are in their second week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where they are helping kids in need of dental care. The couple left Olds on Feb.

With the provincial government announcing an early start to wildfire season, one local fire chief isn't sure what to expect come springtime.

Red Deer County council has approved amendments to the land use bylaw regarding clustered farm dwellings. The approval came during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

Chinook's Edge School Division officials are encouraging parents and others to provide input and comments on the future of the Benalto Elementary School at an open house on March 3.

Despite the low price of oil, which isn't poised to make a quick rebound in the foreseeable future, the Sundre Petroleum Operators Group has not lost any of its members in 2016.

Bowden town council is frustrated with Alberta Transportation (AT) when it comes to signage and the rest stop in town, but now they may have a chance to see some action. AT oversees highways in the province.

The two small wooden grain elevators at Niobe in Red Deer County will soon have gigantic company. A huge high throughput grain terminal operation along Highway 2A, two kilometres north of Innisfail, was approved by the county last week (Feb.