Westlock News

Area residents are reporting significant damage as a thunderstorm delivered not only severe wind and rain, but golf-ball-sized hail.

A fire at the Westlock Regional Landfill shut down the main cell for a number of hours last week. Westlock Regional Waste Management Commission manager Tom Moore said the blaze was extinguished around 3 p.m.

A gigantic bronze Buddha statue will soon overlook the Westlock Meditation Centre. Ven.

Glenn van Dijken has secured the United Conservative Party’s nomination for the newly-minted Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock riding.

As the Oct. 17 date of the legalization of cannabis draws closer, business is getting ready to boom in Westlock, but not everyone is high on the idea.

As Westlock County goes about amending its land-use bylaw to include the cultivation of cannabis, the proprietors of the area’s first medical cannabis cultivation facility are waiting patiently.

Hundreds of trappers, hunters and outdoor enthusiasts converged on Westlock last weekend for two days of competitions, demonstrations and seminars meant to celebrate a way of life that goes back hundreds of years.

The Westlock Regional Waste Management Commission (WRWMC) isn’t setting aside nearly enough to cover closure and post-closure costs.

Westlock County council recognizes there are a number of unsatisfactorily maintained roads in the municipality and are asking for patience as it figures out how to go about fixing them.

The Westlock Municipal Library will continue operations as usual after Westlock County agreed to provide funds it had held back while questioning the town about a substantial rent increase.