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Ponoka’s sewage lagoon upgrade project has received federal and provincial funding.

RCMP raided three homes in Hobbema recently, seizing weapons, ammunition, cash and drugs, including crack cocaine and hundreds of marijuana j

Ponoka needs to annex adjacent county land to meet the demand for industrial land and to provide the amenities residents and employers expect in a sustainable community.

Ponoka County council will wait to hear from its ratepayers before taking a formal position on their neighbour’s annexation proposal.

The process of annexation for Ponoka doesn’t appear to be seamless. Several affected ratepayers are joining together to fight the proposed annexation, citing several issues that the change will make for them, and that it is unnecessary to annex this amount of land right now.

Wolf Creek Public Schools was notified last week its proposal to use $11.1 million of capital reserve funds to undertake phase 1 of the long-overdue PCHS modernization was approved.

A permanent home for the town’s tourist booth and chamber of commerce is now under construction.

Senior levels of government want to help the Town of Ponoka upgrade its sewage lagoon but few contractors want to do the work.

Ryan Moore won the McLennan Ross/Sun Tournament on July 20 at the Ponoka Golf and Country Club with a 70, good for two under par as he successfully defended his title.

Eighteen people were evacuated safely after a tire blew and the bus caught on fire.