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Now it's really official.After serving two weeks as reeve of Mountain View County following the resignation of Paddy Munro, Bruce Beattie was formally elected to the position Wednesday at council's organizational meeting.Nominated by Div. 7 Coun.

Chinook's Edge School Division students could see a drastically different calendar next year if a series of proposed changes are approved next month.

The replacement of Big Prairie Bridge is becoming a matter of life-and-death urgency.

Sand and gravel pit operators in Mountain View County will pay a 25-cent-per-tonne tax starting Jan. 1, 2012 after council adopted the Community Aggregate Payment levy last Wednesday following a public hearing.

A Red Deer County landowner plans to appeal a decision made by council Tuesday to deny his area structure plan for a subdivision southeast of Red Deer.

Chinook's Edge School Division's cut of over $107 million in recently restored education funding will be just under $1.8 million, CESD Superintendent Kurt Sacher confirmed last week.

Olds detachment has had to deal with six incidents in the past week.A Bowden fire truck had its driver's window smashed out sometime during the weekend of Oct. 15.In Olds, a newer Chevrolet Silverado was vandalized overnight on Oct.

This fall has brought in a successful harvest for both Mountain View and Red Deer counties thanks to the warm and dry conditions this season.

The introduction of legislation on Oct. 18 to end the monopoly on the Canadian Wheat Board's selling of western Canadian grain is seen as a good move by the area's CWB representative.ìI support the move.

The Town of Sundre will be meeting with Sundre High School administration and other stakeholders to discuss what might be done about a projected drop in enrolment at the school over the next decade, say officials.