Category Archives: Top News Stories

Last year Lumby residents & former residents were driven to vote and made Lumby Kraft Hockeyville for 2016. Flooding kept the small village with less that 1800 people in a state of emergency for 3...

A call from Vernon Search and Rescue to KISS-FM this morning confirmed that 82 year old Melvina Maruska, reported missing yesterday has been located and is safe and sound. Vernon RCMP and Search and R...

The latest estimates are that Okanagan Lake could rise another 10 to 15 centimetres before it peaks. The Central Okanagan Regional District says the lake rose less than a centimetre overnight to 343 m...

RCMP are seeking help to to locate a missing Vernon woman. Melvina Maruska was last seen at 10 this morning in the 7000 block of Apex Drive in the foothills area of Vernon. Ms. Maruska is Caucasian, 8...

A Crown prosecutor suggests gun related crimes are on the rise in Vernon -- and the courts have to send a message to stop it. Jeremy Guild made the comment in calling for an 8 to 11 year prison senten...

Vernon's spray park will open a bit earlier than normal. The city says the facility in Polson Park will be open this weekend from 10 am to 6 pm both days due to unseasonably warm weather. The Spray Pa...

Tween Lakes Resort at the south end of Kalamalka Lake in Oyama is battling high water. Manager Malcolm Uttley says the storm this week breached sandbags and the resorts docks are under water and damag...

Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation is celebrating the its latest donation. Twenty-six thousand 800 dollars has come in from the 8th annual JCI Hospital Gala held April 22nd. Hospital Foundation spokes...

A 31 year old man is in custody facing several charges following a string of complaints of stolen trucks, vehicle arsons and erratic and dangerous driving in Revelstoke. RCMP were called last Sunday a...

Flooding around the North Okanagan this spring has increased the importance of a local charity's fundraising event. The Kindale Developmental Association, which will host the 3rd annual Vernon Golf Sp...