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Mountain View County staff have been struggling with the recent precipitation during the spring thaw, dealing with countless potholes and heaves, say officials.

Red Deer County has come out in support of a new school resource officer (SRO) for several area schools, including Olds High School, starting in the fall of 2014.

Residents in the Olds and Sundre area along Highway 27 will be surveyed as part of an initiative aimed at promoting the district as a regional tourism destination.

By Dan Singleton MVP Staff Community awareness of the possible dangers of encounters with bears and cougars in the region continues to be vital to ensuring resident and visitor safety, the Mountain View County policies and priorities committee heard

Black bears and grizzly bears in Mountain View County have been leaving their dens later than normal this year, as a result of the large amount of snow that fell throughout the winter.

A delegation from the Mountain View BearSmart Society is scheduled to appear before the Mountain View County policies and priorities committee meeting May 7.

Violinists Jessica and Kate Pereversoff are a real-life sister act, performing together since they were youngsters and continuing to do so today.

The Mountain View Regional Waste Management Commission (MVRWMC) is already implementing recommendations made in a report that looked at waste commission operations in 2013, say officials.

An official count of the free roaming horses west of Sundre and elsewhere along the Eastern Slopes has recorded 880 animals spotted, about 100 fewer than in 2013.

Ten-year-old former West Central Alberta schoolgirl Shayla Spargo-Pearce likes the free roaming horses west of Sundre so much that she wanted to share her passion with her fellow students at the Whitecourt Central School.