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More than 60 percent of the funds needed to build the Okanagan Rail Trail have been raised. Organizers say that amounts to more than 4.75 million dollars in donations from 35-hundred donors. The total...

The Ministry of Transportation hopes to have a sinkhole site in Vernon repaired and back in service by this weekend. A four foot wide hole emerged in the northbound lanes by Polson Park Tuesday aftern...

Update 12 pm: There is still no word when a large sinkhole on Highway 97 In Vernon may be able to be repaired. The hole emerged Tuesday afternoon at the bottom of Hospital Hill in the northbound lanes...

A 15 year old boy from Alberta has had a personal tour of the Vernon RCMP jail cells after a rowdy evening at Kalamalka Lake Beach Monday. Police were called after a 17 year old girl reported her 19 y...

The number of illicit drug deaths in BC continues to be a major concern. The figures for April show the second-highest recorded amount in a single month. The BC Coroners Service says 136 people died f...

Parking meter vandalism continues to be a headache for the City of Vernon. Protective Services Manager Clint Kanester says it's been going on periodically for the past year. While some of the vandals ...

RCMP in Armstrong are looking for a man reported to have stopped his truck and offered a ride to a child. The alleged incident happened last Wednesday in the area of Noble Road in Spallumcheen. Police...

The Rotary Pier at Kal Beach was closed to the public last week -- but that hasn't stopped hundreds of people from using it since then. Coldstream's Chief administrative officer Trevor Seibel says the...

6 pm update Highway 97 has been shut down at the bottom of Hospital Hill until further notice. It's due to a sinkhole in the northbound lanes near 25th Avenue by the entrance to Polson Park. The south...

Update: 5:54 pm The police incident in Rutland has come to a peaceful conclusion. "After nearly 3 hours, RCMP negotiators have successfully encouraged the man to safely exit his residence where he was...