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Mountain View County will be sending equipment and possibly staff to the Municipal District of Bighorn, southwest of MVC, starting June 25 to help with disaster recovery efforts there. “Obviously they've been hit more significantly than we were.

The paving, approved unanimously at Red Deer County's recent regularly scheduled council meeting, will cover Rge. Rd. 284 from Highway 11 to Twp. Rd. 384 and Twp. Rd. 374 from Highway 2A to C & E Trail. Central City bid $327,543.04 for Rge. Rd.

More than 20 dogs and their houndsmen have competed in field trials in Bearberry, west of Sundre. The Alberta Tree Hound Association has raised more than $3,000 in past years from the fundraising event.

Mountain View County and Village of Cremona officials are making progress towards finalizing a new fire service agreement before year's end, and officials say negotiations could wrap on the new document as early as mid-July.

Mountain View County's Agricultural Services Board has approved a number of riparian enhancement projects.

Mountain View County's Subdivision and Development Appeal Board has rejected an appeal by a company that has proposed opening a gravel pit west of Sundre, say officials.

The Alberta Surface Rights Group (ASRG) has renewed its call for the Redford government to release a long-awaited pipeline technical safety report.

Candidates in the next municipal election will be paying a higher nominee cash deposit than in past campaigns following a decision by Mountain View County councillors.

After it defied a government order asking it to consider not approving $3.2 million in bonuses to Alberta Health Services (AHS) executives, provincial Health Minister Fred Horne terminated the 10-member AHS board.

Local hospitals in the Central Zone of Alberta Health Services may not see any immediate or specific actions taken as a result of AHS's recently released Health Plan and Business Plan, which will govern the organization's decisions for the next three