The McMann Youth Centre in Drayton Valley has found a gap in services offered to youth in the community, and they are hoping to close it.
One local writer is having her last book published posthumously by her niece. In her lifetime, Lillian Ross published seven books. Her last book, Heavens To Betsy, was nearly completed when she passed away in November 2020.
After a failed mediation and a lengthy arbitration process, Brazeau County will return to funding recreation facilities in a 50/50 split with the Town of Drayton Valley.
Plans to bring a treatment and recovery centre to Drayton Valley took a step forward this week. If all goes well the facility could open its doors this summer.
One of Drayton’s former residents is sitting in the top 10 for the RBC Future Olympians Program in 2022.
The Drayton Valley Royal Purple has surrendered its charter after 65 years in the community. Here’s a look back at the group’s history of service in Drayton Valley.
If you’d like to help support the work of the Drayton Valley Library there’s never been a better time to put your name forward. This month steps are being taken with the aim of setting up a Friends of the Library group in this community.
Drayton Valley and District Free Press editor Graham Long, muses about the success rate of new year's resolutions
Mary Drader, the co-president of the Rotary Club, says that many of their hopes for this year revolve around restrictions being lifted or relaxed. “We’re hoping that the pandemic restrictions will ease up a little bit because without that happening it’s almost impossible to put on an event or to do any in-person fundraising,” says Drader.
Adam Saltesz, the assistant director of Public Works for Brazeau County, says when a big snowfall comes, crews are on the roads at 6 a.m. working on clearing them. They work until 6 p.m. each night and go for seven days a week.