Holy Spirit Catholic Schools has a reason to be proud as one of their principals, as Val Leahy is the recipient of the 2012-2013 Distinguished Leadership Award.

For the past two years students at Picture Butte High School have endured dust, clutter, the loss of a gym, cafeteria and in some cases heat all so they could benefit from a massive modernization.
Since May 2010 the school has been a construction zone, complete with hard hats, hanging lights and constant noise, but still students, staff and parents endured for the future.

A potential million dollar investment in an upgrade and expansion project for the Piyami Lodge in Picture Butte has now been postponed while the Green Acres Foundation seeks to secure grant funding for the project.

Coaldale town council was recently privy to an update on the progress with their Integrated Community Sustainability Plan
The plan, which town projects and their deadlines, has taken all the current initiatives to determine what’s been finished, what’s in progress and what remains to be done.