Westlock News

GROWTH Alberta is losing the member organization that is responsible for its creation, as Pembina Hills trustees voted unanimously last Wednesday to withdraw from the organization on Jan. 1, 2016.

One person remains in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries following a Saturday-night crash on Highway 44 near the Dapp Corner Store.

Crack … crack, crack, crack! We’ve been out of the truck for about 30 seconds when we hear the unmistakable sound of gunfire. Crack! The fifth shot is important.

R.F. Staples High School will have new principal this fall as Dave Garbutt is taking a job at the Pembina Hills school division central office. Garbutt, who is in his first year as principal of R.F.

A 37-year employee of Westlock County was summarily dismissed beside the road and made to walk 14 miles home, according to his family.

A second fire ablaze in the Clyde area has been extinguished, but not before burning over 50 hectares of land. Sparks from a flare gun allegedly caused the blaze that began May 19 and burned 59 hectares.

The Town of Westlock’s Eastglen outdoor skating rink will receive a $12,000 makeover this summer thanks to the local Rotary Interact Club.

A new group calling itself Friends of the Westlock Airport has formed and its mission is improving facilities at the region’s aerodrome.

Westlock County firefighters remained on the scene of a large forest fire in the Clyde area May 15, nearly two days after it started. Acting county fire chief Roberta Halliday said 16 members from the department were on scene Friday.

As the orange NDP wave that swept the province following the May 5 election has begun to calm, local leaders are now preparing to work with a new government.