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A recent mock disaster exercise held at the Mountain View County office and in Cremona/Water Valley has lead to recommended improvements to the emergency response system for the region.

The Water Valley Stampede Association held its 60th annual rodeo on the weekend of June 1-2, and despite the rain on Sunday, both riders and fans enjoyed a great weekend, according to Wes Cummings, who was one of the announcers.

Rainy conditions in the region over the past several weeks have created some minor delays at the Big Prairie Bridge construction site on Mountain View County's south side, say officials.

Bai Bingchen touched down in Canada in March 2012 to begin his odyssey in the air, along with a small contingent of students sent over by the China Flying Dragon Aviation airline.

The spring of 2003 was a time when cattle producers across Mountain View County and all of Alberta were “basically in survival mode,” recalls Ernie Israelson.

About 60 trailers and RVs were evacuated from the Red Lodge Provincial Park campground 20 kilometres west of Bowden when the Little Red Deer River came over its banks on May 25.

By Dan Singleton MVP Staff Mountain View County staff will be inspecting between 25 and 30 properties for possible clubroot infestation this growing season, say officials.

A public hearing before the Mountain View County Subdivision and Development Appeal Board will be held on June 7 after West Can Seal Coating Inc. filed an appeal of a recent Municipal Planning Commission ruling, say officials.

Mountain View Seniors' Housing is weeks away from hearing whether it will receive a government grant it's competing for that could allow it to build a new 103-unit seniors' facility in Sundre, officials say.

Mountain View County councillors have approved a new fire agreement with the Town of Sundre, the latest in a series of new agreements with area municipalities.