The Sears stores in Haliburton County the appliance and furniture store in Haliburton and the catalogue pickup company in Minden are not affected by the widespead closures and layoffs that Sears Canada announced last week. The biggest thing I w

The Hawk Lake Log Chute was badly damaged during heavy flooding in May and the full extent of that damage, as well as when repairs may be completed, is not yet known.

Algonquin Highlands township will attempt to mitigate traffic woes at Oxtongue Lake during the fall foliage season with the closure of local roads this autumn.

The Haliburton Highlands has long been a cottage and tourism destination, but lately, it seems like the world is taking note.

Family was a common theme at Haliburton Highlands Secondary School s athletic banquet June 13, as Sam Longo and Jamie Little were named the male and female athletes of the year.

After a few months of medical care and rehabilitation in Toronto (with weekend passes) local teenager Ryan Prentice is looking forward to spending Canada Day at home in Minden.

Minden Hills Reeve Brent Devolin said during a committee-of-the-whole meeting on June 8 that residents affected by the flood this spring will have an opportunity to express their concerns at a public meeting.

The funeral home has dried out, but the business has not.

Minden Hills councillors are on the brink of passing numerous amendments to the township s zoning bylaw, but a group of seasonal residents told council last week they believe the process has been rushed and that there has not been sufficient time for resi

The following are a series of brief reports of items discussed during a June 8 Minden Hills committee-of-the-whole meeting.

Participation numbers aren t in yet from last weekend s 153rd Haliburton County Fair, but organizers are thrilled with its success.

More than 40 scientists will be pulling an all-nighter at the Dahl Forest June 24 as part of Haliburton s first ever BioBlitz.

Two of the county farmers markets are in full swing, and the third is prepared to open in a new place with a new name.

Sometimes you need superheroes to bring people together.

A ride in a taxi during a visit to London, England, almost 30 years ago was more meaningful than Kevin Shea intended.

A new ice cream parlour in Norland is ready to serve up deliciousness just in time for summer. What s the Scoop? Ice Cream and Desserts opened on the weekend of May 24, in the former home of Café Dieme, along Highway 35 at the village s main intersection

It took 24 hours for the customers of Indigodragonfly to raise more than $3,300 to help people in Minden get back on their feet after the community was flooded last month.

John Van Berlo will be entering the Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer, thanks in part to his young entrepreneurial daughter.

Haliburton County will apply for funding through the province s Central East Local Health Integration Network for the second attempt at a community paramedicine program.

Residents of Sandy Bay Road along the shores of Gull Lake are asking Minden Hills township to do a better job on maintenance of the thoroughfare.

Finance committee chairman David Gray gave a report to the board at its May 25 meeting in which he explained the clean bill of health the corporation had been given by the auditor.

Algonquin Highlands council is supporting a resolution from neighbouring Lake of Bays council that a request go to the Ministry of Transportation to rename the stretch of Highway 60 from Highway 11 to the west gate of Algonquin Park as the Tom Thomson Par

Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP Laurie Scott is glad that victims of human trafficking in Ontario will have greater recourse after the government passed Bill 96, the Anti-Human Trafficking Act, into law in Queen s Park last week.

The streets of Minden will once again be decorated with hand painted banners, after artists responded enthusiastically to a revival of the Festival of Banners project.

It s a beautiful day in Haliburton and I m inside my Echo office banging my head against a desk because I m not good at writing personal introductions like this.

The Haliburton Highlands Outdoor Association is looking to a popular East Coast fundraising idea to help them meet growing financial demands.

Despite rain, the Minden Food Bank and Community Centre was a bustling place on May 13.

Carl Dixon, who played for a time with The Guess Who, will bring the songs of the iconic Canadian rock band to Minden s Canada Day celebrations.

The Wildcats LEGO team sits around a school table, speaking about their lifelong love for LEGO. Grade 6 students Collin Thorpe and Broden Boisvert along with Grade 5 student Taylor Sharpless won silver at the Skills Ontario Competition LEGO Mechanics Cha

The local health unit intends to stay the course when it comes to educating youth about the risks of marijuana use.