Westlock News

RCMP have joined a manhunt for a missing Westlock man and are asking for the public’s assistance. Bob Wilkins, 66, was last seen by his family Monday, July 25, though an RCMP investigation confirmed he was last seen July 26 at a store in Westlock.

Summer is in full swing and for local teen Kris MacCarahan, that means it’s time to grab his sneakers, put on a ball cap, head outside and play video games. Following the official Canadian release of Pokemon Go July 17 MacCarahan’s not alone.

The Westlock Water Treatment Plant will soon get a $250,000 upgrade to its water distribution and monitoring system.

A Westlock-area man is dead after a single-vehicle rollover just south of town. RCMP report that shortly after 5:45 p.m.

Westlock County reeve Bud Massey denies criticizing county staff in a conversation with the mayor of the City of Charlottetown.

Westlock County reeve Bud Massey says he’ll resign as reeve, but only if his Div. 4 constituents ask him to.

Westlock County won’t pay for work done in 2015 to raise the Tawatinaw Valley Ski Hill chalet, citing shoddy construction and sinking concrete despite assurances from the contractor the work was done properly.

Westlock County has taken the first step to pull out of an agreement to fund an extra RCMP officer.

The Westlock Municipal Airport will see just over $400,000 worth of repairs to its crumbling runway.

The Tawatinaw Valley Ski Hill leasee wants an estimated $500,000 in work done at the site — including an upgraded parking lot, among other work he says was promised — forcing Westlock County to suspend the parties lease/purchase agreement signed last