Westlock News

Westlock RCMP are investigating a Dec. 18 report that a man in a vehicle approached a young girl walking by Westlock Elementary School and offered her a ride. Cpl.

This year’s class-size averages across Pembina Hills Public Schools continue to be below the provincial averages and with the exception of Kindergarten to Grade 3, they are also below the Alberta Commission on Learning’s (ACOL) recommended targets.

A huge fire incinerated a barn and several vehicles on a property south of Clyde during a windy Dec. 15 that required four separate fire halls to send nine vehicles to stop the inferno.

After four years as the Town of Westlock’s chief administrative officer, Dean Krause is moving to the Rocky Mountains when he takes over as CAO of Rocky Mountain House in January. The Town of Rocky Mountain House announced Krause’s appointment Dec.

The Westlock Regional Waste Management Commission’s commercial tippage revenue has taken a $90,000 hit as waste collectors are hauling more garbage to landfills outside the region.

A bill to protect the jobs of volunteer firefighters when responding to an emergency call may be resurrected.

Westlock County has extended the deadline of its airport contract with the Town of Westlock to March 31, 2018 to give the new county council time to understand the terms and operations.

Westlock County has been approved for $4.87 million of Disaster Recovery Program (DRP) funding for the 2016 overland flood. Alberta Municipal Affairs approved the county’s application Nov.

Snow squalls and black ice made for a slippery drive on Highway 2 and Highway 44 Nov. 27 as hazardous conditions landed a few drivers in the ditch and threatened first responders.

It’s been seven weeks since the results of the Tawatinaw Ski Hill plebiscite were released, but Westlock County council is putting the brakes on any decision until the operator’s agreement expires in September 2018.