Wheel's West

Family loses pets in Thursday morning blaze in the Turner Valley area.

A new board of directors and executive committee will be voted in following a near-tripling of members in the chamber over the past year.

Known as the AJ Flying Ranch, the 158-acre property has a 1.3-kilometre runway and was the site of an annual fly-in that ran for over a decade.

Diamond Valley council gave formal support to a grant application for $1.2 million from the Province's Alberta Community Partnership Program.

The next repair cafe in Diamond Valley is on Feb. 4. Organizers are looking for volunteers with experience maintaining sewing machines, doing small-job mending, or repairing chair legs and reclining chairs.

A pig roast on Jan. 21 in Diamond Valley aims to bring people downtown and support local business.

Oilfields School junior drama students re-tell classic tales and get involved in comedic mysteries as they present two plays in Diamond Valley on Jan. 18 and 19.

NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. has a route picked out for its pipeline near Diamond Valley and Longview. Landowners can oppose the route by filing a statement with the Canada Energy Regulator.

Fellow musicians, friends and others who crossed paths with the late Ian Tyson attended an invite-only gathering in his honour at the Twin Cities Saloon in Longview on Jan. 9.

The mayor and council of Diamond Valley were formally sworn in by Highwood MLA RJ Sigurdson at a ceremony on Jan. 9.