Westlock County’s Division 3 will not be without a councillor for long, as a byelection has been called to replace former councillor and newly elected MLA Maureen Kubinec.

A rural family is frustrated with Westlock County after a year-long effort to get some compensation for flooding last spring that destroyed their basement.

Westlock County council is hoping to make it slightly easier for rural residents to hook into the new water line heading south to Busby.

A Westlock man is calling for the twinning of Highway 63, the notorious route from Edmonton to Fort McMurray, after witnessing first-hand how deadly it is.

After nearly six months, the Pembina Hills school division has hired a new superintendent.

Alberta RCMP continue to investigate the death of Annette Margaret Holywhiteman, whose remains were discovered in a rural area northwest of Westlock in fall 2010 and identified last month.

It may not have been a Ken Kowalski-style sweep, but Maureen Kubinec has been elected the new MLA for Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock.

After watching Progressive Conservative candidate Maureen Kubinec eke out a victory in the April 23 election by 341 votes, residents in Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock should expect to keep seeing her in the news.

Having an MLA who understands the challenges faced by municipalities will be a big benefit to the three communities within Westlock County, local elected officials say.

Despite early opinion polls pointing to a win for the Wildrose Alliance, the Progressive Conservatives pulled out to yet another overwhelming majority victory in the 2012 provincial general election on Monday.

It was too close to call for nearly three hours after the polls closed Monday night, but in the end Progressive Conservative candidate Maureen Kubinec won by a slim margin.

Incumbent Progressive Conservative candidate Jeff Johnson was returned the Alberta Legislature Monday night, turning back the challenge of Wildrose opponent Travis Olson.

Voters had the opportunity to hear what the five candidates running in Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock constituency had to say at a candidate forum April 11 in Barrhead.

There was a lot of agreement mixed with repeated calls for change at a candidate forum in Legal for the Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock riding Tuesday night.