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Mountain View County Reeve Bruce Beattie believes the province's current financial woes don't bode well for hopes to see much-needed upgrades to the decades-old QE II and Highway 27 intersection east of Olds.

A public open house has been scheduled for Feb. 25 to allow Mountain View County residents a chance to review and make comments on the latest draft of the Water Valley-Winchell Lake area structure plan (ASP).

When it comes to slowing down for emergency crews working on West Central Alberta highways, too many people still aren't getting the message, say officials.

Chinook's Edge School Division students have scored above the provincial average on recent achievement tests, according to a new report.

The Mountain View Regional Waste Management Commission has signed a five-year supply agreement with Airdrie's Durham Energy Recovery for that company to turn the plastic collected by the commission into diesel fuel.

An extensive study of grizzly bears, including bruins living in the foothills of West Central Alberta, has uncovered a number of important findings about the animals' behaviours, particularly as it relates to the raising of offspring and habitat sele

Members of the multi-stakeholder viability review committee examining the possibility of the Village of Cremona reverting to Mountain View County will hold their first face-to-face meeting on Jan. 31.

The Wild Rose Agricultural Producers (WRAP) organization will be pushing the provincial government to put farmers and paid child workers on farms under the umbrella of the Workers' Compensation Board, as well as implement safety standards for corpora

The first public open house for the proposed new South East Sundre area structure plan (ASP) has been scheduled for March 11, steering committee members heard on Jan. 22.

As the members of Alberta's 70 agricultural services boards meet in Edmonton this week for their annual convention, the boards' provincial committee has said it accepts the Redford governments' response to a 2012 resolution calling for a reduction in