Westlock News

A Westlock woman became the target of scammers after she replied to a fraudulent job ad that appeared in an area newspaper. And the emergence of job scams locally has the RCMP warning employment seekers to watch out for phony recruitment ads.

A Westlock County councillor will return to work after criminal charges laid following a dust-up in council chambers last month have been withdrawn. In Westlock Provincial Court May 25, Judge Norman Mackie allowed Coun.

It was a Victoria Day long weekend to forget with three-straight-days of rain, but the precipitation has helped improve local fire conditions.

A legacy project that would have transformed Lindahl Park into a centenary landmark is now in limbo after town council learned a crucial grant application was rejected by the federal government.

With the Village of Clyde’s viability review process now in the books following council’s decision to remain incorporated, for Westlock County it means Clyde won’t join them any time soon.

The hard work of some local firefighters means a Westlock farmer has one less worry this spring.

The Village of Clyde will remain an incorporated municipality after councillors voted against possible dissolution last week, concluding a marathon viability review process.

Town and county firefighters deployed to Fort McMurray to battle an out of control wildfire are home after crews were officially recalled late last week.

Shopping bags, plastics and all sorts of other trash scattered about … that’s scene on farmer’s field on the south side of Highway 18 just past Range Road 264.

The Town of Westlock will have to pay nearly 75 per cent more than original estimates to replace the Westlock Aquatic Centre’s roof after water damage to its insulation turned out worse than expected.