Local News

Mountain View County council has approved terms of reference for the steering committee that will update the existing 2008 Bergen area structure plan. The approval came during the Dec. 11 council meeting.

Mountain View County resident Karen Olson has a longtime interest in woodworking – and now, for the first time, she is sharing her handicrafts with the public.

. The Mitten Tree has shed its bounty and dozens of needy citizens will be warmer this Christmas season thanks to the hard work and dedication of Penhold School staff and students. On Dec.

While a recently released national study suggests fewer Canadians are donating to charities this year, local officials say things are different in Central Alberta.

Mountain View County council has approved the county's Agriculture Service Board's new strategic plan. The 2014 - 2016 plan was approved at the Dec. 11 regularly scheduled council meeting.

Producers, industry and government representatives and others attended the three-day Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA) annual general meeting and conference at the Pomeroy Inn and Suites at Olds College last week.

Almost exactly three years to the day after her husband was shot dead on their isolated Fallen Timber acreage, Heather Wilson Duncan has been handed a four-year prison term in the killing.

Despite some potential problems, regional groups advocating for landowners and energy companies support a new tool landowners can use to protect their rights when dealing with companies operating on their properties.

Chinook's Edge School Division will now close its schools in the event of extreme weather conditions like the blizzard that pounded the region at the beginning of December, say officials.

The level of poaching that occurred through this year's hunting season is comparable to last year's, say officials. “I would say it's comparable -- not more, not less.