Bowden prison officials have found a package of about 92 grams of marijuana estimated to be worth in excess of $20,000.

A Red Deer area man, arrested after he was late for court on Monday, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to cocaine trafficking.

Red Deer’s largest high school welcomes a new principal in February. Jim Clevette takes over the helm of Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School on Feb. 1, replacing Gary Unterschultz, who is retiring, the Red Deer Public School District board of trustees announced on Tuesday.

Bring them your swamps, your sloughs, your willow-filled pastures. Ducks Unlimited Canada is tightening its focus on wetland restoration in two areas of Alberta — Pine Lake and Milk River.

Birdwatchers will have a much better view at Gaetz Lakes Sanctuary when a $313,000 project is finished over the winter.

he burner of the Air-ristocrat hot air balloon lights up Ross Street during the Santa Claus Parade Tuesday night.

A Red Deer girl used her seed money to decorate pencils and sold them in her school, raising cash for the Red Deer & District SPCA.

A Red Deer County councillor expressed concern on Tuesday that government cutbacks could cause communities to drop out of a regional sewer line project.

Police and friends are asking for help locating an Innisfail man who has gone missing.

Red Deer RCMP are investigating to see if armed robberies at two pharmacies were committed by the same woman.

Three Stettler males, including one aged 15 and one aged 17, have been charged with sexual assault on a girl stemming from a September incident.

Red Deer College is expected to increase fees and tuition overall by 1.5 per cent in the 2010/2011 school year.

A speeding ticket was given to the driver of a truck involved in a collision that took out one light standard and damaged another on Hwy 11, near Sylvan Lake, shortly before 11 a.m. on Monday.

A volunteer with the Central Alberta Cancer Centre is cooking up a plan to raise money for cancer patients.

A judge told a young man Monday that his future will be one of “sitting in a cage” unless he gets help for his addictions.

Lacombe County will press Alberta Environment for a long-term solution to Gull Lake’s water level concerns, said the municipality’s senior manager.

The preparations for the 16th Annual Festival of Trees are in full swing in three different pavilions at the Westerner Grounds as local businesses like Hudson Madison are in the midst of decorating their respective trees.

When it comes to helping people who are homeless, Red Deer means business. Seven weeks ago, Red Deer city council approved a five-year community plan towards ending homelessness.

People waited less than an hour early Monday afternoon at Red Deer’s first H1N1 immunization clinic open to general public.

A lean capital budget focusing more on infrastructure essentials and less on glitzy projects was unanimously approved on Monday.