Westlock News

A 40-year-old Athabasca woman is dead following a Saturday-afternoon head-on crash between a motorcycle and truck. Westlock RCMP report that at 1:30 p.m.

Westlock County was under a fire restriction until a province-wide fire ban was issued on Thursday, May 5 as hot and dry conditions continue to act as a breeding ground for wildfires.

Westlock RCMP are investigating an alleged altercation that occurred in Westlock County council chambers last month. The Westlock News was alerted of a purported physical altercation between two county councillors in April.

Pembina Hills Public Schools’ trustees approved nearly two dozen changes to the attendance areas for Busby School, Westlock Elementary School, Eleanor Hall School and Pembina North Community School effective this fall.

Some Westlock County councillors are regretting the terms of recently departed CAO Peter Kelly compensation.

Construction crews will hit the pavement this summer, upgrading several roadways throughout Westlock County as part of a government announcement last week.

Problems with the chalet’s pipes, a slumping parking lot and ownership of two snow guns highlight a laundry list of outstanding issues at the Tawatinaw Valley ski hill.

One more month. That’s how much longer Village of Clyde residents will have to wait to find out if council will accept Municipal Affairs directives and remain incorporated, or send them to the polls to vote on dissolving on the municipality.

Levels of taxation, municipal services and sustainability were just some of the issues raised by residents and councillors at the Village of Clyde’s viability meeting last week.

Silencing protest, or senseless vandalism? That’s what members of a group protesting the Fort McMurray West 500-kV Transmission Project east route are trying to determine after a couple of its anti-power line signs were defaced and even removed last