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The pioneer Benalto School permanently closed its doors on June 24 after 87 years of service, but not before parents jumped key hurdles towards creating a new education service for their hamlet.

Twenty years ago when my late wife's career took her to Wyoming and we purchased a small condo in Casper, we signed up for the green energy option on our power bill at an extra cost of about $5 per month.

The Torrington Historical Society is pleased to announce the official unveiling of the Torrington and District History Book 1890-2015.

The board of the Chinook's Edge School Division will consider a proposal this week to sell the pioneer Benalto School to Red Deer County.

The president of the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMDC) has given Mountain View County council an update on the ongoing efforts to update the Municipal Government Act.

More than 50 Reed Ranch School students and their teachers visited Heritage Park in Calgary on June 14 to learn first-hand about Alberta's rural past.

Updating the curriculum in schools across the province is both welcome and in some cases long overdue, says Lissa Steele, associate superintendent of learning services with Chinook's Edge School Division.

Mountain View County's new $2.

It started at the Kurt Browning Arena in Caroline 18 years ago. It moved to the Sundre Arts Centre, then as it grew and needed more space, to the town's back-to-back curling rink and hockey arena.

Habitat for Humanity's Mountain View chapter has the title to land in Olds where it hopes to build a pair of duplexes. Now it needs to raise enough money to start construction by the spring of 2017.