Westlock News

Westlock residents hoping for a set of traffic lights at the corner of 108 Avenue and Highway 18 may soon get their wish, but it remains unclear how they will be paid for.

Many county residents have been privately grumbling about the direction the current council is taking, but now one residents is putting a face to those complaints.

Westlock County has suspended its three-month severance offer to employees. CAO Peter Kelly, in an Oct.

Natalie and Mason Clarkson try their hand at putting out small fires with water pistols during the Fire Prevention Week open house last Thursday evening. See more in this week's print and e-editions of the Westlock News.

The Village of Clyde is in reasonably good shape, according to a report issued by the Viability Review Team last week.

Westlock County’s unionized employees have voted “overwhelmingly” in favour of filing a formal complaint in the wake CAO Peter Kelly’s severance offer.

There is little chance the new Tawatinaw Valley Ski Chalet will be ready in time for the coming ski season, and the entire ski season may be scrapped.

Demonstrators for both the Pro-Life and Pro-Choice movement waved signs at the junction of Highways 18 and 44 on Sunday, though the former dwarfed the latter by a considerable margin.

Westlock County has offered all full-time employees a severance package that includes three months pay — if they give notice by Oct. 15.

The Pax Natura Ranch for the Deaf was once again the target of a break-in, with the culprits doing significant damage. Westlock RCMP Const. Craig Armstrong said the break-in took place overnight on Friday, Sept. 26 or early morning Sept. 27.