Westlock News

Westlock’s three area municipalities got a $250,000 boost from the province to move toward great regional collaboration.

Seventy years ago, thousands of brave men stormed the beaches of Normandy, beginning a battle that would change the course of the Second World War.

Jordan Smith realizes which embarrassing story is about to be told about him at the May 30 St. Mary graduation ceremony at the Memorial Hall, and he doesn't like it. Smith and his nine fellow graduates bid a fond farewell to their high school careers with memories of the good times they had together. See more photos in this week's print edition of the Westlock News.

Mom and baby are doing fine after what ended up being a regular delivery, but the lead-up was anything but.

Westlock County’s 2014 budget shows council’s most significant priority this year will be infrastructure improvements for the municipality’s roadways, and a balanced budget that won’t draw on reserves.

The Town of Westlock has been out of the ambulance business for more than two years, but Alberta Health Services still hasn’t paid the bill.

Nominations for the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party Leadership don’t close until this Friday, but Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA Maureen Kubinec has already declared her support.

A moratorium on Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program will be lifted at the beginning of June, Westlock-St. Paul MP Brian Storseth says.

There are several high-profile staffing vacancies within Westlock County, but it doesn’t seem to be having a net negative impact on the organization.

Westlock County’s overall mill rate has not changed from 2013 to 2014, although residents can expect some changes to their tax bill based on assessment and other requisitions.