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Latest as of 10:30 pm: Crews have been monitoring a wildfire northwest of Lumby. It started in the area of Cooper's Mountain Tuesday evening, and was spread by strong winds. At last report, 8 hectares...

Update: 8:25 pm Reports from the scene indicate the fire appears to be under control. Fire crews are battling a fire in a sawdust pile at the Coldstream Ranch on Highway 6. Reports say the pile is "fu...

Homeless residents won't be forced to leave their camps in public areas like Polson Park, as long as local shelters are full. City council debated putting a daytime time limit when tents would be not ...

Update 7 pm: A supporter of a proposed new seniors facility in downtown Vernon says it will be ten years ahead of its time. Seventy supportive units are planned for a six story building on the former ...

The Village of Lumby intends to downgrade all evacuation orders and alerts this Thursday at 8 am. The occupants of 24 residences have been evacuated since May 6, with another 80 homes on alert. "While...

The District of Coldstream has activated its Emergency Operations Centre to a level one. The District says it's to monitor the impact of the current weather front moving through the area, which is exp...

Demolition of some city-owned buildings in the 2900 block of 29th Street near the Library, is scheduled to take place over the coming weeks. Hazardous material has been removed from the former New Del...

Water bodies in the Okanagan continue to rise toward record levels. Okanagan Lake is up 4 centimetres since Monday morning to 342.91 metres. That surpasses the 1990 flood level, and is just 9 centimet...

The rising level of Kalamalka Lake has Greater Vernon Water officials concerned about the coming storm. Water Manager Zee Marcolin says the pump house is in danger of flooding. " So we have about two,...

Vernon's Teen Junction has a new operator. The Okanagan Boys and Girls Clubs has taken over ownership of the youth centre from the North Okanagan Literacy Initiative Society. Society president Bill Mi...