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Mountain View County councillors are scheduled to review proposed new terms of reference for an updated Bearberry-Red Deer River corridor area structure plan.

It was 70 years ago when Elmo Johnson got his first railway job at the Benalto station.

There has been an increase in reported moose sightings on residential and rural properties throughout Mountain View County following the recent large dumps of snow, promoting officials to warn of the dangers of unwanted encounters.

Following a push by city police asking MLAs to enact laws to confiscate vehicles and suspend licences of drivers caught speeding excessively, an area RCMP detachment official has given his input on the idea. Sgt.

The province's new Private Surface Agreements Registry does not have any teeth for aiding in the enforcement of contracts between landowners and energy companies, the Alberta Surface Rights Group's (ASRG) president said last month. On Dec.

Alberta Agriculture Minister Verlyn Olson says there are both challenges and opportunities facing the province's agriculture industry in 2014.

A second public hearing will be held regarding proposed changes to Mountain View County's land use bylaw, officials announced last week.

When Chris Israelson learned in March that a six-cents-a-litre discount on diesel used for farming operations was being axed, he believed the province's motivation for cutting the discount program was more about politics than saving money.

Mountain View County is moving forward with preliminary work on a flood mitigation project for the Little Red Deer River near Water Valley. The approval came during the recent council meeting.

Red Deer County budget OK'd Red Deer County passed its 2013 budget after no public comments were received. The capital budget dropped from $42,320,858 in 2012 to $26,372,897, while the operating budget rose to $39,034,483 from $37,688,156 in 2012.