Local News

Three firsts, five seconds and two thirds. The Humboldt Journal walked away with 10 awards at the Saskatchewan Weekly Newspaper Association's convention in Saskatoon April 15-16. The 2011 SWNA awards were presented at a banquet on April 16.

Two local area businesses received province-wide recognition at this weekend's Saskatchewan Tourism Awards of Excellence held in Saskatoon.

There appears to be a keen interest in getting a handle on the affordable housing situation in Humboldt.

The RCMP have taken down a major marijuana grow operation in the Waseca area.

Organizers for the Battlefords Business Excellence Awards say the awards banquet on May 10, 2011 is now sold out. The awards will be held May 10, 2011 at the Gold Ridge Centre in North Battleford.

Work continues on with the construction of the four components of the Credit Union CUPlex. Scott Builders was mobilized April 18 to start work on the curling and field house components of the CUPlex project.

A crash near Pilger put the extrication skills of local emergency crews to the test last week. At about 9:30 p.m. on April 14, a driver on Hwy.

Writing for a newspaper is anything but a 9 to 5 job - reporters often have to cancel evening plans to cover a social function or sport event, spend countless hours in less-than-fascinating board and council meetings, and sacrifice their weekends for

Humboldt's downtown core and how to draw shoppers to it was the focus of a meeting which attracted over 40 people last week. On April 12, representatives of a variety of Humboldt businesses located along Hwy.

The Northwest region and much of Saskatchewan remained on flood watch this week, as concern shifted away from the south-central region to other areas of the province.