Athabasca News

Athabasca County council approved the purchase of four new graders for a total of $1.7 million during their Jan. 9 meeting.

Athabascans seeking relief from damages caused by floodwaters July 24 have an opportunity to receive provincial funding.

The search is on for the fireball that streaked across Albertan skies Jan. 17, visible from Athabasca and around the province’s north. Reports of a meteor came in around 5:30 p.m. Jan.

Most people would see the winter scene, call it pretty and keep driving. But Pirkko Karvonen looks upon the golden of stubble of leftover crops poking up through the blanket of snow, and resolves to recreate it with the loom.

The Athabasca Regional Multiplex Society board of directors turned down the idea of having free drop-in programming hours on Family Day during their Jan. 15 meeting.

The Boyle Youth Centre’s future could be in question, unless more community members step up to direct it.

Welcome to budget season, where everybody gets upset about something and there is never enough money. It has been intriguing watching municipal councils sort out budgets this past month.

Expanding short-term rental opportunities “could be in the cards” for Athabasca’s future. Town of Athabasca Coun.

Despite added utility costs, students will not be moving into the new Edwin Parr Composite School until September after the school division opted to push back the February move-in date.

One more box has been ticked off in the Athabasca region’s new pool project. Athabasca University’s land transfer to the Town of Athabasca was finally approved via Order in Council, according to a Jan. 18 Alberta government press release.