Category Archives: Top News Stories

Anyone running to be a school trustee on the North Okanagan-Shuswap school board this fall now knows what the salary will be. Official trustee Mike McKay has approved a staff recommendation for remune...

Coldstream council members will likely be getting a pay raise next year -- sort of. Council has approved three readings to add 23-thousand dollars to the 2019 budget for council remuneration. Mayor Ji...

Armstrong Council is moving ahead with restructuring the city's water and sewer rates. The city held two open houses in May and June to explain why rates are going up. Mayor Chris Pieper says both wer...

Horse enthusiasts in the Okanagan are getting excited about a plan to resurrect horse racing and equestrian events in the BC Interior. Okanagan Equestrian Society president Robyn Dalziel says a man by...

Vernon-based True Leaf Medicine International has added a high-powered voice to its Board of Directors. Sylvain Toutant, most recently the Chief Executive Officer and President of DAVIDs TEA, has been...

A police cruiser was damaged, and an officer was fortunate to avoid injury, after an incident near Head of the Lake Road in Vernon. Mounties responded to reports of a distraught male causing a disturb...

A Vernon beach on Okanagan Lake will reopen to the public this week. The City will open Hurlburt Park on Eastside Road Thursday for lake access and beach related activities. The park has been closed f...

The Social Planning Council is throwing its backing behind the Activate Safety report released at Vernon Council yesterday. Spokesperson Annette Sharkey says many of the recommendations such as closer...

Bob Spiers' seat on council featured a tribute at Monday's meeting. Pete McIntyre/Beach Radio News photo Vernon council members remembered Bob Spiers at Monday's meeting. The ten year veteran of counc...

Darrin Taylor from the Activate Safety Task Force speaks to Vernon council before packed council chamber (Pete McIntyre/Beach Radio News photo) A Vernon task force looking into the impact of the stree...