If anyone thought March was a little wetter than normal, they were right. March 2017 checked in as one of the wettest months on record said Ron Lakeman, Weather Forecaster for the Southeast Fire Centre in Castlegar in the monthly weather synopsis. “The total amount of precipitation was 125.4 millimetres and very close to twice...

In a press release sent out after 11 p.m. Saturday night, RCMP Cpl. Brett Turner announced that a missing 12-year-old Castlegar boy is back home. "It is my great pleasure to announce that our missing 12-year-old boy has been located," Turner said. "After an exhaustive investigation into his latest whereabouts, police were led...

Smile! You’re now on BC Transit Camera. BC Transit recently announced starting in April, six bus in the Nelson Transit fleet will phase in the installation of closed-circuit TV (CCTV) cameras. BC Transit Communications Manager Jonathon Dyck said all medium- and heavy-duty buses acquired after 2005 will have the cameras installed, and new buses, 27 feet and longer, will be delivered with the cameras already factory-installed. 

A group of nursing students are credited with helping the victim of an early-morning car accident Thursday, according to RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew.   "On March 30 ... at approximately 8 a.m, Castlegar RCMP along with Castlegar Fire Department and EMS attended a single-vehicle roll-over accident on Columbia Avenue just north of...

The first intake of the three-year, $6-million Columbia Basin Trust’s new Built Heritage Grants is now open.   “We know that there are projects that organizations will want to get started on this year, so we’ve timed our first grant intake to help them take advantage of this year’s building season,” said Wayne Lundeberg, the Trust’s Director, Delivery of Benefits.

No one was injured during a structure fire in downtown Castlegar this afternoon, according to Fire Chief Gerry Rempel. Rempel said the call came in at about 2:40 p.m., to attend a fire in single-family home in the 300 Block of 6 Avenue. “We put it out quite quickly, but there’s substantial smoke damage,” Rempel said, adding...

The future of journalism is under attack after the owner of the Vancouver Sun and The Province issued layoff notices to 54 people last week. Unifor Local 2000 is aggressively fighting these layoffs that, combined with 38 voluntary buyouts in January, will reduce staff from 220 to just 128 — a 42 per cent reduction in just a...

Residents in Johnsons Landing can breathe a little easier after the Regional District of Central Kootenay removed the evacuation alert Tuesday afternoon. In a medla release Tuesday, the RDCK said it was determined that the small slide and debris flood were minor in nature. "The RDCK is asking the public to remain vigilant and...

Highway work crews continue to clean up a mudslide 10 kilometres west of Creston said DriveBC website Sunday. “Rock is getting smaller,” said the West Kootenay District for Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Twitter feed. Highway 3 slide continues to have the road reduced to single alternating traffic through Sunday....

The Nelson Daily is reporting on Sunday afternoon, March 26, the septic truck was removed from Ms. Ryder's property. Sinking sewage truck gives Slocan Valley senior major headache A Slocan Park senior says she doesn’t know where to turn after getting into a bizarre argument with a septic tank cleaning company that won’t remove...