Thanks in large part to our grossly overpaid, and often absent, CAO and our unaware and uninformed council, this year’s budget preparation process was probably the most dysfunctional the City of Rossland has ever experienced. It is very difficult to determine exactly what is going on because there is a distinct lack of detailed...

Are you jaded yet? When you pick up a box at the store and read "natural," does that roll-the-eyes impulse tickle your oculomotor nerves? Sure does mine, a right twitch. "Natural" hardly means natural anymore, just like "free range" seems to allow, "We left the door open to their patch of poor pasture," and "organic" means,...

"We have a vision," said Marty Unger of the Rossland Radio Coop who has taken the reins along with new RRC president Austin Delaye since founder Marty Cancilla blew this pop stand for a three year stint in New Zealand.  "We have the ideas about what we want to do," Unger said, "but the only way we can achieve our vision is ...

Dear Editor, You can find various chemical and biological hazards throughout our beautiful community. From the naturally occurring environmental hazards that are prevalent in our area such as Radon gas, to the manmade chemicals that are used in many ways throughout society, we are all exposed to a wide variety of hazards throughout our day. […]

Dear Editor; To the free citizens of Kootenay West, I owe you thanks. From family and friends to the thousands who made their voice clear on the election ballot, thank you. I chose to step forward to represent you and the support I received was amazing. The calls, e-mails and talks on the street were […]

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily 

Johnsons Landing residents who lost their homes last summer in a massive slide received another crushing blow Wednesday at a private meeting with Emergency Management BC.

 Province officials told five of the affected landowners it will not  buy their land and return it to the Crown, according to Johnsons […]

By The Nelson Daily Staff The diving community in Lethbridge remains in a state of shock after a close friend perished while on an outing in Kootenay Lake Saturday (May 18). The accident happened during a group dive near the submerged MV Anscombe Ferry, located just off shore in Kootenay Lake 10 kilometers south of […]

The City of Trail is offering more specific numbers regarding its plans to expand city boundaries to include the Columbia River Valley (encompassing the airport and Waneta Dam) almost all the way to the U.S Border (see attached map). Mayor Dieter Bogs said the city was approached by RDKB Area A business owners (the Waneta […]

The following is a press release issued jointly by the City of Trail and Teck Cominco: The City of Trail will be moving forward with the boundary extension referral process which may result in the city extending its boundaries into Electoral Area A; including land from the city’s existing southern boundary through to the Columbia […]

The Nelson Fire Department night shift was kept busy Wednesday and into Thursday, responding to two fires call-outs in a span of five hours. The first call came in shortly before 9 p.m. from the Kootenay Lake Hospital, prompting the department to send out a crew of even firefighters and two engines to deal with […]