Five spot fires in brush in Fairview and Genelle saw fire crews dispatched this afternoon from The Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue (KBRFR) and the Castlegar Fire Department at about 3 p.m. today (Thursday). Firefighter Kyle Boutin, speaking on behalf of Fire Chief Terry Martin, said the spot fires were started by sparks thrown by […]

Police are reporting … well, not much of anything, after inclement weather washed out most of the activity normally expected during the summer’s first long weekend. Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Deb Postnikoff said people were out and about, and roadblocks saw a great deal of activity, but otherwise there wasn’t a ton of stuff going on. […]

Meet little How-Cute-Am-I, a baby alpaca who was born in a vicious thunderstorm and still doesn’t have a name of her own. This baby’s soon to become the best-adored face of our local exhibition society, which puts on the Bule Grass Jamborie as well as the Pass Creek Fall fair, not to mention hosting a […]

The Trail Regional Airport (TRA) is fundamental to affordable and reliable air transportation in the Lower Columbia, and that is central to the area’s economic prospects, argued the airport’s chief volunteer Don Nutini and Mike Martin, the chair of the LCCDT—Lower Columbia Community Development Team—in recent interviews with the Rossland Telegraph. TRA is owned and […]

The Nelson Daily has learned that the Nazareth/Headpins concert slated for the NDCC Arena Tuesday, July 10 has been cancelled. The reason is a lack of ticket sales. Organizers had hoped to sell at least 1,300 tickets to break even but sold less than half that amount. “We thought we’d sell at least 1,300 to […]

Nelson will be showcased once again on television, this time as part of the Dimestore Fishermen series appearing on the World Fishing Network (WFN) Friday. The episode shot on Kootenay Lake in the fall of 2011 is on Channel 152 on Shaw TV. Airtimes are Friday at 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. and Saturday 6 […]

Heavy rainfall and increased snowmelt have created widespread flooding across the Kootenay Boundary region. In a written press release, Interior Health is advising residents impacted by flooding and power outages to take steps to ensure their food and water are safe, particularly when returning to an area evacuated due to flooding. Floodwaters are often very […]

Drier weather Wednesday has helped the crews get the upper hand on see sloughing and seepage at the former HB Mine tailings pond south of Salmo according to the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) Emergency Operations Centre. “If we would have had more rain today or in the immediate forecast the concerns would be […]

Technology rocks. Just look at all of wonderful things it has brought into our lives … I can sit here on my couch with my coffee and my mini laptop and send this to my editor within seconds of finishing. I can listen to 800 different songs on something that’s smaller than a box of […]

A new state of emergency has been declared in the area, this time by regional district Area G, according to emergency centre public information officer Bill Macpherson: “Heavy localized rainfall today continues to create problems for numerous areas within the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK). “A state of local emergency has been declared for […]