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Update: RCMP say one person was checked over by ambulance paramedics, and the road reopened just after 3 pm. A crash has left part of the highway through Vernon shut down. Eyewitnesses say at least a ...

Some former Vernon students have been getting a first hand education on the fire lines this summer. Dakota Becker and Braeden Barnard -- formerly of Vernon Secondary School -- have been training as me...

A Vernon athlete has chosen Venture Training as her charitable cause for the 2019 Race Across America bicycle race. Cycling and kickboxing champion Leah Goldstein, who is also an motivational speaker ...

Update: 12 pm: Fire chief Ian Cummings say the cause was a broken natural gas connection. He says it's not known when the restaurant will reopen as it has to be checked over by a gas inspector. The Mc...

Picture: Vernon-North Okanagan Facebook You may see RCMP officers and others in the downtown core over the next hour or so rummaging around bushes and buildings. They're involved in a used needle pick...

Mayor Janice Brown will have some competition in Spallumcheen in the October civic election. Councillor Christine Fraser has decided to take a shot at the position. "I've been on council for three ter...

Coldstream Mayor Jim Garlick still hasn't decided whether to seek re-election as Mayor or run for council. Garlick says he's committed to seeking to remain on council in one form to see various projec...

Picture:Teresa Durning A local businesswoman has decided to run for Vernon Council in October. Teresa Durning says the people of Vernon deserve honest diligent representation and vows to bring a stron...

Good progress is being reported on the Monashee Complex fires in the North Okanagan. Fourteen fires make up that complex, most in the area of Lumby and Cherryville, but none near communities. Shelley ...

The weather has been cooler -- but that so far hasn't been enough to put much of a damper on BC's wildfire situation. Kyla Fraser with the BC Wildfire Service has the latest numbers. "We're continuing...