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Mountain View County council approved about $122,000 in community grants last Wednesday.Under rural community hall grant funding, council approved $15,000 for L.B.

Golden West Drop In Centre in Spruce View will likely be closing its doors unless more members are found to participate in functions or upkeep of the building.

Mountain View Regional Waste Commission (MVRWC) recently made history for being the first Canadian organization to ship a load of reclaimed agricultural twine to a Minnesota-based company.

Calgary's Prostate Cancer Centre and Prostate Cancer Canada have joined forces with agribusiness and rural health practitioners to launch Combines for Cures, a pilot health project for Central Alberta.

Officials from the Central Alberta Rural Electrification Association appealed last week to Mountain View County council to not give support to a plan by FortisAlberta to run parallel distribution lines in the Eagle Hill area.

Students at Reed Ranch School had a chance to pet some exotic creatures recently, during a reptile presentation in the school's gym.

Alberta's energy regulator is heading towards a searchable online database disclosing the contents of fracking fluid – eventually.

Energy Minister Ted Morton has rejected a call from the Alberta Surface Rights Group for a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing.“A moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in Alberta is not being considered.

Fortis and the Central Alberta Rural Electrification Association (CAREA) are butting heads over plans to bring three-phase power to the Eagle Hill area.Appearing before Mountain View County's policies and priorities committee on Feb.

With the province declaring wildfire season a month earlier this year, starting March 1, Sundre fire chief Marty Butts says it's a good time for farmers, acreage owners and others to start making their properties fire safe.