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Jasper trails beckon as spring heats up! N. Gaboury photo It is amazing how quickly our trails dry out in the valley. An arid climate coupled with sandy soils cater to this quick dry and allow us to get out on the trails sooner rather than later.

79 applicants for CAO position The municipality has a plethora of people to choose from for the chief administrative officer position. The competition closed earlier this month with 79 applicants submitting their resumes for consideration.

High school construction update The Jasper Joint School Facility is still on target for its June 30 completion date, according to an update in the school division’s monthly board news.

Council passed the buck to Parks Canada, April 15, when it voted to support an outdoor rendition of the Jasper Heritage Rodeo with a $10,000 grant. That decision was made despite the fact that Parks hasn’t yet approved a location, let alone the idea.

From housing prices to the push for street performers, laws governing development and expansion are an inescapable and omnipresent part of life in Jasper.

T. Nichols photo The controversial Glacier Skywalk is ready to host its first paying customers.

Tom Wright, the long-time owner and operator of Jasper Rock and Jade, was a "mentor and father figure" to current owners Anna Murray and Neil Byatt.

R. Fletcher photo Despite a successful 2013, the Jasper-Yellowhead Museum and Archives faces some significant challenges this year, according to the president of the Jasper-Yellowhead Historical Society, Herb Robinson.

Submitted photo In a mere 19 days, 36 of Jasper’s youth travelled through Germany, Poland and Czech Republic, seeing everything from the Berlin Wall to the Auschwitz Memorial Museum.

T. Nichols photo “The thing about tackling is it’s 90 per cent heart and 10 per cent skill,” Marshall Corbett said, as the semi-circle of high schoolers kneeling around him nodded.