Westlock News

Two buildings in Westlock that have sat empty and unfinished for at least two years are finally on track to be completed and occupied by spring 2014.

Morgan Calladine taps up a storm along with her fellow novice tap dancers at Silhouette Dance Production's year-end recital May 4 at the Cultural Arts Theatre.

Roughly five jobs will be lost at the Westlock Healthcare Centre as the provincial government has cut lab services province-wide.

There is a possibility a school resource officer could be coming to Westlock, but it won’t likely happen until the 2015-2016 school year at the earliest. Coun.

A fire that destroyed a garage behind a house on 107 Street in Westlock remains under investigation. Town fire chief Stuart Koflick said crews responded to a call of a structure fire on the north side of 107 Street just east of 102 Avenue at 12:18 a.

Devon RCMP are asking for the public’s help in locating Busby resident Gary Fornahl-Bogden.

After three consecutive 4-2 votes, and much discussion, Westlock County councillors passed the county’s new Fire Protection Bylaw, which includes restrictions on the burning of peat.

Three teenage boys face arson charges following a fire that destroyed a home at the corner of 100 Avenue and 104 Street in downtown Westlock last Tuesday afternoon.

A Clyde man is dead following a farming accident early last week. On April 15 at 8:20 p.m. Westlock RCMP responded to a farming fatality on a rural property near Clyde.

The Westlock News is one step closer to being provided with information concerning former Pembina Hills school division Supt. Richard Harvey’s departure.