Westlock News

The RCMP’s Commercial Crimes Unit has finished a report on a fraud investigation at the Pembina Hills school division and forwarded the information to provincial Crown prosecutors, Barrhead RCMP’s Sgt.

A Westlock man has been charged with first-degree murder in the drowning death of his wife nearly a year ago. Peter Ernest Edward Beckett, 54, was arrested Friday without incident after leaving a property near Christina Lake, B.C.

It’s official: Ken Kowalski intends to seek his 10th mandate as MLA for the Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock constituency. He made the announcement Sunday evening at the Barrhead Golf Club. He was scheduled to make the announcement just past 5 p.m.

Westlock’s thespians, dancers, musicians and drama classes will have a new theatre floor to work on this year.

A destructive fire struck a campsite at the Long Island Lake Municipal Campground on the holiday Monday, destroying three quads and a boat before being put out.

At Westlock County’s July 18 meeting, councillors voted to go ahead with buying nine Apple iPads, but before they made that decision, it was necessary for two councillors to test-drive the machines to make sure they were what the councillors would ne

An early-morning fire ripped through a Westlock home last week, completely gutting the building and rendering it uninhabitable. RCMP Staff Sgt. Bryan Clayton said the exact cause of the fire, which started around 5 a.m.

It can be frustrating to look at a neighbour’s yard full of weeds, especially after you’ve put a lot of effort into beautifying your own property.

A three-vehicle crash on Highway 44 half a mile south of the county line has left one man dead and several others injured. The collision occurred on July 29, at around 3:30 p.m. just south of Township Road 572, said Westlock RCMP Const.