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The federal and provincial governments have announced a $3.3-million investment from Canada's Economic Action Plan toward a Crop Pest Surveillance System for Alberta.

Despite a challenging economic climate in 2010, the Mountain View Credit Union was able to return $1.5 million to members last year.

Foggy, freezing weather and snow-drifted roads took their toll on the first Mountain View County councillor open house of the season, held at Carstairs Community Centre Thursday night.The event drew fewer than a dozen and a half people.

Nathan Petherick is broadening his reach to include all of Central Alberta.

A cross-section of community members discussed health-care-related concerns during three area meetings this month.Alberta Health Services is in the process of hosting community and rural engagement sessions in 85 communities across the province.

The final numbers are in and Mountain View County's budget is $365,000 short.

After last year's wet summer and fall and this year's March snowfall, Red Deer County staff is expecting one of the busiest spring cleanups in a number of years.

A seasonal scam, that targets seniors and rural residents, is just around the corner and will likely show up in Mountain View County within the next month.

Mountain View County council has refused to make an exception to its ban on low-density country-residential development for applications filed after last November.Rebecca and Stephen Hagglund requested their Dec.

Mountain View County has loaned out its sandbagger unit to the Alberta Emergency Management Agency in preparation for flood response in the southeastern part of the province.