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The Kwan family opened the Big Rock Inn in Olde Towne Okotoks in 1983, but is turning the restaurant over to new owners at the end of the month.

The cavalry troop is made up of horse-and-history lovers, many of them from the Foothills area, who aim to bring history to life

"In 2023, the Alberta RCMP removed 7,707 impaired drivers from provincial roadways, an average of 21 impaired drivers per day."

The concert series, a collaboration between Okotoks Heritage & Culture and Okotoks Art Council, is a free lunch-hour event for community members to enjoy outdoor music.

No secondary cases of measles have been reported in Alberta since a public health alert was issued on April 24, according to Alberta Health Services.

$125,000 grant from the Charged for Change Program will provide four new Level 2 chargers.

Okotoks charity Pound Rescue is putting up the animals, two dogs and a cat, for adoption after they spent multiple days in a home with a dead woman and dog.

Operation Prevention, which included a mock crash, was held for Grade 12 students at Oilfields School on May 14.

Okotokians feel safe in their town, but would like to see increased traffic enforcement.

Okotoks Fire & Rescue added that it is exercising additional vigilance with fire calls in light of the ongoing Fort McMurray wildfire.