The Westlock and District Seniors and Disabled bus service has been granted a seven-month reprieve.

The Village of Clyde is in the market for a new chief administrative officer after Annette Schwab resigned late last week.

The Westlock Independence Network held an information night for families to learn about the provincial funding cuts for people with developmental disabilities.

Westlock chief administrative officer Darrell Garceau is leaving the town for a second time.

With a mere three weeks remaining before funding contracts for people with developmental disabilities expires and no new contracts in sight, Alberta Human Services Minister Dave Hancock has indicated PDD service providers can extend their contracts.

Town Square Park at the top of Main Street in Westlock is due for a makeover this summer.

The Town of Westlock has started the process of ending the Westlock and District Seniors and Disabled bus service.

The Westlock Independence Network is hoping an upcoming information night will provide some answers to families trying to cope with upcoming provincial cuts to the Persons with Developmental Disabilities program.

Although it’s a given the Westlock and District Agricultural Society’s horse track will have to move, the timeline remains very much in flux.

Close to 40 people gathered in front of Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA Maureen Kubinec’s office last Tuesday to protest the pending cuts to Persons with Developmental Disabilities.

Despite experiencing stable enrolment numbers for the first time in years, deep cuts introduced in the provincial budget have left the Pembina Hills school division facing an operating deficit of nearly half a million dollars in next year’s budget.

Westlock County fire crews have been kept busy since a fire advisory was put in place on May 6.

Over the next five weeks, the Westlock Independence Network could lose as much as $408,332 during provincial funding cuts as part of a $9 million hit to Persons with Developmental Disabilities’ Northeast service providers.

The lab cuts at the Westlock hospital are set in stone, says Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA Maureen Kubinec.