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Scott Anderson has announced he will be running for a second term on Vernon Council. Anderson says he made the promise last election to tell people what he believes to be true, not just what they want...

Armstrong Mayor Chris Pieper is seeking re-election. He filed his papers yesterday and says the biggest thing he struggled with was a 4 year commitment. "It can't be taken lightly. You really have to ...

Update: The Vernon Vipers will start the new BCHL season with new owners. Tom and John Glen have bought the team from Libby Wray, who took over the ownership when her husband Duncan Wray died in Janua...

A familiar face is helping to organize a popular event at the O'Keefe Ranch. Glen Taylor suffered a serious spinal injury one year ago while working at the ranch. He says the accident left him a quadr...

A citizens group is urging local politicians to keep the remainder of the BX Ranch Lands in public hands. Terry Donnelly from a Task Force formed last year, says the regional district could make a dec...

It's going to be a busy opening weekend for Greater Vernon's new arena. Kal Tire Place North will be officially opened at a ribbon cutting Friday afternoon at 5 pm, followed by the Vipers season opene...

Close to 15-thousand pounds of organic waste was generated at this year's Interior Provincial Exhibition in Armstrong. That includes waste from the food court, paper towels and plates, wooden cutlery,...

Update: 2 pm A standoff at a commercial building in Kelowna has come to a dramatic end. Police say a distraught man was taken into custody after emergency team members barged into a commercial buildin...

The Swan Lake Nature Reserve trail will be getting an upgrade, starting next week. The Regional District of North Okanagan says the 1.2 km trail will get a surface of wood chips from chipped tree limb...

Coldstream Mayor Jim Garlick is going for a 4th term. Garlick has submitted his nomination papers for the October 20th civic election. There are on-going projects he wants to be involved in and doesn'...