Local News

Mountain View County council agreed last week to cancel a $670 tax penalty for Western Baptist Church after the tax-exempt status for the church's campground property was restored.

Updating the Memorandum of Agreement with each of the urban municipalities within its boundaries tops the current list of council priorities for Mountain View County.

A recent accident on Sylvan Lake where a man and woman riding an off-road vehicle fell through the ice highlights the need for anyone considering running quads, snowmobiles and other vehicles on area lakes to exercise caution throughout the winter mo

Members of the Burnt Lake Community Association are the first to jump on Red Deer County's new historical marker policy.

The Medicine River Wildlife Centre is looking for up to four volunteers to help guide its affairs for the next two years.

For any able-bodied citizen attempting to sneak into a handicapped parking space in Red Deer County, it will soon be time to think twice.

Waste collection fees in Mountain View County will go up by between five and seven per cent on March 1 under the new Solid Waste Collection Bylaw passed by council last week.

West Central Alberta health-care workers are being surveyed as part of a research project looking into rural sexual assault medical care and what might be done to make the treatment of victims and the collection of evidence more effective and less tr

The operators of GuZoo say they are in limbo waiting for a new judicial hearing date to be set.The provincial government announced on Dec. 21 that the hearing, set to determine the fate of the Three Hills zoo, has been postponed to no fixed date.

After almost six years with Mountain View County, the former manager of community services has found a new place to hang her hat.Michelle Honeyman started in her new position as manager of community development for the Town of Olds last Tuesday.