Wheel's West

A Turner Valley restaurateur intends to get his neighbours kicking up their heels this weekend.

An inspector who spent months gathering data from Longview residents to investigate the village’s operations for a provincial review will soon submit her findings to Municipal Affairs.

After 10 years of running the Longstock Music and Arts Festival, Eva Levesque has passed her torch onto friend Jay Halm. But the show must go on, and it will likely be as fun as ever. The Longview festival is Aug. 18 from 12 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

The Old Time Ranch Rodeo at the Bar U Ranch historic site has provided Canadians and other visitors with a taste of the real working ranch since the early 2000s, and the tradition doesn’t seem to be stopping anytime soon.

Administrators in Black Diamond and Turner Valley are questioning what the future holds for infrastructure as the Province prepares to change a funding model that provides each town with about $500,000 annually.

The Boys and Girls Club of the Foothills is hitting it out of the park with its new ball diamond.

With three capital projects complete for 2018, the Town of Turner Valley still has plenty of work ahead to complete its ‘to do’ list before the year’s out.

Turner Valley administration is putting pressure on the remaining property owners needing to switch to new water meters, and cutting off the resource could be a last resort.

The oldest business to serve the Foothills area still stands along a busy street in Black Diamond as a reminder of simpler times.

Changes to rules surrounding the sale of cannabis still has a potential shopkeeper concerned about what this means for future stores.