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Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development (AARD) has updated its premises identification online registration system to make it more intuitive and user-friendly.

The province's ongoing belt-tightening on education funding is making it increasingly difficult to keep the region's schools acceptably maintained – a scenario placing additional strain on already beleaguered staff, say senior Chinook's Edge official

The maintenance, upkeep and replacement of bridges in Red Deer County must be a partnership between the municipality and the provincial government, says Mayor Jim Wood.

Mountain View County council is looking toward a provincial grant to fund negotiations with towns inside its borders as they seek a new deal to share the costs of services. The grant is from the Alberta Community Partnership — a $48.

Resolutions put forward by Red Deer and Mountain View counties were passed at the 2014 Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and counties (AAMDC) annual meeting in Edmonton last week.

Camp Kindle will be getting some new buildings, following a decision by Mountain View County's Municipal Planning Commission on Nov. 6.

The Mountain View Regional Waste Management Commission (MVRWMC) has appointed a new interim CAO following the recent resignation of two of its leaders, say officials.

Mountain View County Division 7 councillor Al Kemmere has been elected president of the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMDC). The election came during the association's annual convention in Edmonton on Nov. 19.

A day in the world of politics can seem like an eternity. On Monday, Nov. 17 MLAs returned to the Alberta legislature to listen to the new premier's first speech from the throne.

(This is the first in a series of stories on area community halls) Bearberry Hall is currently financially stable, but “there have been times it's been kind of up and down.