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Mountain View County council has approved the county's Agriculture Service Board's new strategic plan. The 2014 - 2016 plan was approved at the Dec. 11 regularly scheduled council meeting.

Producers, industry and government representatives and others attended the three-day Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA) annual general meeting and conference at the Pomeroy Inn and Suites at Olds College last week.

Almost exactly three years to the day after her husband was shot dead on their isolated Fallen Timber acreage, Heather Wilson Duncan has been handed a four-year prison term in the killing.

Despite some potential problems, regional groups advocating for landowners and energy companies support a new tool landowners can use to protect their rights when dealing with companies operating on their properties.

Chinook's Edge School Division will now close its schools in the event of extreme weather conditions like the blizzard that pounded the region at the beginning of December, say officials.

The level of poaching that occurred through this year's hunting season is comparable to last year's, say officials. “I would say it's comparable -- not more, not less.

A newly released provincial strategy aimed at reducing family violence includes a call for specific plans for rural communities.

The new chairman of the Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools board says he plans to continue building on “the great success that the division has experienced” in recent years.

Mountain View County council has passed a motion in support of a proposed Town of Olds off leash dog park. During the recent council meeting, councillors passed a motion to waive $3,575 in re-designation fees for the park.

Elnora's Lisa Armstrong doesn't like the spotlight shining on her.