The visitor centre issue piqued council's interest, particularly as the museum committee continues to deliberate how to revitalize the future of the museum and the associated visitor centre. Coun. Kathy Moore said the "skewed" data from just picking up museum traffic in the summer was "a real problem." "It would really help...

Rossland will send a letter to support the West Kootenay Regional Airport’s (WKRA) pitch to get West Jet service into Castlegar. Coun. Kathy Wallace raised the motion as a late addition to the agenda at last week’s regular council meeting on June 11. “Part of the time constraint is that this [issue] is coming to […]

[EDITOR'S NOTE: Robin Strachan of the RSA has just informed us that, in deference to the RSS meeting on Tuesday night, the skatepark design review meeting will be postponed. A new date and time has not yet been set. Strachan wrote, "We feel it is more important folks are able to attend [the RSS] meeting. We will provide an ...

This week will be very similar to last week.  Trench opening for sewer and storm pipes will take place between Washington and Spokane, and the Washington/Columbia intersection will remain closed to vehicular traffic, but will be open for pedestrian traffic as construction allows.  The new parking lot behind the Post Office ...

  Candace Batycki doesn’t want more flights or more airlines at the Castlegar airport because the increase in traffic would lead to greater carbon emissions.  At the June 11 Nelson City Council meeting, Councillor Batycki spoke against a motion that would support an effort by municipal leaders in the West Kootenay to lobby WestJet to […]

Another week, another signing by the braintrust of the Selkirk College Saints Men’s Hockey program. Staff is pleased to announce a commitment from defenceman Lucas Hildebrand of Vancouver, B.C. to attend the Castlegar-based school for the upcoming 2012/13 B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League season. Hildebrand joins the Saints following three seasons in the Kootenay International Junior […]

A Trail man is facing five criminal charges stemming from a recent shoplifting/resisting arrest incident in Castlegar, according to Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. “On June 15, RCMP received a report that an adult male had stolen a bottle of liquor from the Uptown Liquor Store,” she said. “The suspect was not identified or located […]

In the end heart and desire was no match for experience. The Terminal City Roller Girls scored early and often en route to a convincing 159-75 victory over the Kootenay Kannibelles in the final of the Klash In The Kootenays Western Canadian Women’s Roller Derby Championships Sunday at the NDCC Arena in Nelson. Despite losing […]

The Regional District of Central Kootenay has issued a warning to the public using the Nelson/Salmo Great Northern Trail there has been recent grizzly bear sightings in the area. In a written news release Friday, RDCK said, “A very large mother grizzly and three large cubs continue to be in the area and have been […]

The Joe Hill Coffeehouse lives and breathes under new leadership this Sunday. The venerable audio master Chuck Cram and the masterful music venerator Michael Gifford can finally take a seat in the audience.The musical heart of Rossland also throbs a little harder at word that Janet and Terry Marshall have found a lovely house...