Category Archives: Top News Stories

Pet owners are being alerted to what are being called some suspicious looking rawhide bones left on the ground in BX Dog Park. A caller to Beach Radio News says the two small bones had something on th...

An action plan is underway to reduce the impact of the Fir Bark Beetle in the Lumby area. An outbreak of the pest has produced dead or dying trees on about 45 hectares on the slopes above, and to the ...

Coldstream hopes to get started soon on developing land it bought at the north end of the rail trail for a parking lot. Mayor Jim Garlick says the first stage will just be basic to get the lot ready f...

Photo: Vernon Toyota's Kyle Johnson and Grant Kitzman, join Vernon mayor Akbal Mund, centre manager Kai Tolpinrud and the Vernon United Under 15 soccer team at the newly named Vernon Toyota Indoor Spo...

Armstrong Council will hold a special meeting Friday to adopt a procedural bylaw changing the way council operates. Mayor Chris Pieper says afternoon committee meetings will be dissolved. "And forming...

Vernon School trustees are continuing preparations for next school year's budget. They've now heard from the province on it's 2018-19 funding announcement of 1.66 million dollars. Board Chair Kelly Sm...

Kelowna International Airport is expecting more than 100-thousand passengers over the next three weeks for spring break. Passengers should be prepared for longer than normal wait times. Even though th...

RCMP are requesting public help to locate a man wanted for several offences in the North Okanagan. Anthony Otto Froese is wanted on three charges which include trafficking a controlled substance, fail...

The Vernon School Board has heard a pitch for crossing guards at Beairsto School. Members of the PAC safety committee told trustees at their Wednesday evening that the intersection of 35th Avenue and ...

Photo: Vernon & Area 2017 55+ BC Games President Wee Yee (centre, holding cheque) along with board members of the local organizing committee and VIP guests celebrate the distribution of $66,776 an...