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The Regional District Board is looking to have some control over potential cannabis shops wanting to open in Electoral Areas B, C and F. That includes places like Silver Star, Swan Lake and Mabel Lake...

Enderby Council is supporting the idea of a hotel development on Railway Street. Mayor Greg McCune says the owners of the Ashley Home Store property have had a vision for decades of a hotel - tourist ...

Lumby Mayor Kevin Acton likely won't be camping out at the roadside this year. For the past 5 years Acton has spent a summer weekend camped at the entrance to the village to raise money for the Whitev...

Lumby's Mayor would like local residents to go to the village's website and check proposed amendments to its zoning bylaw. Kevin Acton says staff have put a lot of time and research into putting toget...

Lake Country Council has approved a grant application under the Canada Infrastructure Program for funds for its Okanagan Centre Water Source and Distribution Improvement Project. The District is seeki...

Vernon Search and Rescue are standing down for now in the search on Mabel Lake for 58 year old John Keeley. The search for the popular Math instructor at Vernon Secondary, has been turned over to RCMP...

After a welcomed two days of relief from wildfires raging in the Southern Interior, officials now say the foretasted warm temperatures and gusting winds could very well be a concern again. Jason Luciw...

Rural RDOS Evacuation Orders and Alerts Within the rural RDOS, 5 properties remain on Evacuation Order and 92 properties remain under Evacuation Alert due to the Mount Eneas wildfire along Highway 97 ...

Five local firefighters, members of the BX/Swan Lake and Armstrong fire departments and their structure protection unit, are assisting fire fighting efforts in the South Okanagan. BX/Swan Lake Fire Ch...

Fire personable in the South Okanagan aggressively tackled flames on Saturday, as the weather provided more cloud cover and less wind than in recent days. Noelle Kekula with the region's complex incid...