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Some family history has helped a pair of teachers in their first year on the job.

Okotoks Town officials stressed they will communicate better with residents affected by proposed changes to Veterans Way to enhance pedestrian and bicycle traffic.

Count him among a select few. The prospects of a leap year, a sojourn abroad pondering the next step in life won’t be pursued anytime soon by Foothills Composite High School graduand John May. “I ain’t taking a year off,” May said.

For two Foothills students, the end of the school year closes an adventurous chapter of their lives. Erika Falk, of Sweden, and Sara Pous Grau, of Spain, arrived in August 2015 as part of the Rotary exchange program.

A Foothills livestock owner found a grisly scene on his property Sunday afternoon. High River RCMP received reports on June 13 of a fatal animal shooting that had occurred between June 11 and June 12.

If you are looking to impress with dinner tonight, there is an Okotoks chef who would like to help. Thomas Neukom has created a free herb garden that is ripe for the picking in the front yard of his Hunters Gate home, across from Big Rock School.

An area once used for temporary homes may soon be used to train firefighters to save homes.

Okotoks RCMP responded to a break-in in progress on Drake Landing Loop at around 12:15 p.m. on June 8. The suspects were gone when RCMP had arrived and surrounded the house. No more information is available at this time.

The MD of Foothills mayor is speaking out against plans to force municipalities into a growth management board for the Calgary Region as part of an overhaul of Alberta’s Municipal Government Act.

Spring rains mean the nerve-rattling river watch begins anew for a Riverside Drive resident.