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Town councillors, Spirit Foundation members and sponsors of the Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre project got a look inside the facility last Saturday afternoon, and reactions all around were positive and enthusiastic.

For the owners of Wabash Manufacturing the feeling of taking top honours at the GROWTH small business awards gala last weekend can be summed up in one word: “Gratifying.

After 38 years of serving the reading public, the only bookshop in Westlock is closing its doors. The Bookshelf, which was started in 1974 by Sarah Pearson, was passed to her son Doug Pearson about 20 years ago.

Westlock’s Shellye Swingen has a friend to thank for her recent $100,000 scratch ticket windfall.

Although many people have already kicked off the new year, Westlock’s Ukrainian community is holding off until Jan.14 for its Malanka celebration.

Juno Award-winning artist Barney Bentall will take the stage this week at the Cultural Arts Theatre to delight crowds with a selection of past and present hits.

There were many stories in 2011 that caught our attention — and kept it. Here are our picks for the biggest news stories of the past 12 months.

Losing a child is a parent’s worst nightmare and one Audrey Auger knows too well.

It is not often that people in the Westlock area have the opportunity to see big name acts, which makes organizers especially excited about Brett Kissel’s New Year’s Eve show at the Half Moon Lake Hall.

It wasn’t exactly what she wanted — in fact, it was what she initially was trying to avoid — but when local nurse Justine Friesen was asked to board a plane and head to Cambodia to assist with health initiatives, she jumped at the chance.