Case Grypma, chair of the 2014 Nelson Airshow, would like to toss out the red carpet to area aviation buffs to attend the (Saturday) August 2 extravaganza at the Heritage City Airport on the city waterfront. The event kicks off at 8 a.m. with the pancake breakfast and plane arrivals before the official opening ceremonies at...

RCMP said the egg and graffiti bandit raised havoc in Salmo sometime between Thursday and Friday (July17-18). RCMP Cpl Riordan Bellman said in a media release that the graffiti bandit "sprayed painted on the back of the Royal Canadian Legion on fourth street in Salmo building that faces the park." "Vulgar language was sprayed...

Air tankers are responding to a wildfire discovered this morning about 8.5 km south of Silverton and 1.5 km east of Highway 6, according to Southeast Fire Centre information officer Jordan Turner. He said the fire is about 1.5 hectares and is burning at Rank 4 (Rank 4 means “highly vigorous burn” - Rank 1 being a smoldering...

Dr. Robert Halpenny, CEO of Interior Health, made a house call Tuesday for a routine check-up at Kootenay Lake Hospital in Nelson. “It’s really important that we understand community issues, “ said Halpenny, president and CEO of IH in Kelowna since 2010 . He was on an annual tour of Interior Health facilities in the region....

Police are not suspecting foul play after hikers discovered the body of a local man near Fruitvale this weekend, according to RCMP Cpl. Kelly Hall. "On July 12, Trail and Greater District RCMP were contacted after a group of hikers noted what they believed to be a human body in the water at Beaver Falls near Fruitvale," Hall...

A 50-year-old Alberta man has died after colliding with a pick-up truck near New Denver Monday morning (9:20 a.m.), according to RCMP Sgt. John Ferguson. "The Slocan Detachment and the West Kootenay Traffic Services attended a two vehicle motor vehicle fatal collision on Hwy 31A approximately 10 kilometers east of New Denver,"...

The Trail Allstars are 1-2 after Day three of the BC Little League 9-10 Baseball Championships. The Trail Allstars lost 11-1 to White Rock in five innings Monday at Andy Bilesky Park in the Silver City. Nelson's Noah Quinn drove home the only run for Trail with an RBI in the fourth inning. White Rock scoreed two in the first...

Like a "Heat wave . . .. Martha and the Vandellas made the song popular before Linda Ronstadt covered it in 1975. Now most of BC, including much of the West Kootenay region, is getting a first hand feel of the lyrics as a heat wave, partly due to warm air from the desert southwest of the United States, pushes into the British...

The Trail Crime Reduction Unit is determined to prove the Mounties always get their man - or men, as the case may be.   RCMP Cpl. Darryl Orr is the non-commissioned officer in charge of both Trail and Castlegar CRUs, and he said his unit recently arrested two local offenders, one of whom police believe robbed the Spot Restaurant...

A bizarre accident involving a horse-trailer west of Playmor Junction at Highway 3A/6 Friday afternoon resulted in no injuries said Nelson RCMP Cpl. Michael Stefani. The accident happened at approximately 4:08 p.m. Friday a truck towing a horse trailer saw the trailer dislodge from the vehicle, break away from its safety...