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Grizzly and black bears are currently active in Mountain View County, requiring residents and visitors to take precautions, says an area wildlife biologist.

Parkland Regional Library is Alberta's first regional library. Since 1959, it has provided a broad range of services to libraries in Central Alberta and now includes 50 public and 36 school libraries.

Mountain View County got a pleasant surprise when the tender for the Acme Road upgrade project came in $1 million lower than budgeted for, says CAO Tony Martens. “We budgeted at $7.5 and the actual road building came in at $4.

The Mountain View County Agricultural Service Board has come out in support of the Agricultural Youth Engagement Foundation's efforts to encourage young people to pursue careers in agriculture.

West Zion Mennonite Church is receiving a facelift to its building, beginning with the recent demolition of its 80-year-old sanctuary, a building that was constructed between the years of 1929 and 1934, said interim pastor Mal Braun.

Bob Mastin, an award-winning seed grower from the Sundre area, participated in an Alberta barley trade mission to Japan and Korea last month. He attended to promote his own Sundre-grown barley in Asia, where he says he was treated like a “king”.

Mountain View County councillors have approved a one-time $10,000 donation to the Sundre and District Chamber of Commerce in support of the chamber's visitor information centre (VIC).

Sixteen residents attended Mountain View County Deputy Reeve Patricia McKean's spring open house at the Big Prairie Hall on April 17. During the meeting the first-term councillor for Div.

The Mountain View County Agricultural Service Board has again come out in support of a local crop-growing project that supports overseas communities suffering from famine and food shortages.

Taxes are on the increase in Mountain View County after councillors passed the 2013 tax rate bylaw and the 2013 operational budget during last week's regularly scheduled council meeting. The tax rate bylaw calls for a 1.