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 "CCCs"—Service Capacity Connection Charges—suggested by city staff in 2011 to replace DCCs—Development Cost Charges—appear to have fallen off the table, replaced instead by "flexible" negotiations."I am very curious about the Capacity Connection Charges," Coun. Kathy Moore said during members' reports at last week's regular...

Dear editor, When people give of their time, their energy and their heart, they deserve special recognition and a personal thank you.  The residents of Rossland and the Canadian Cancer Society volunteers who sold daffodils, daffodil pins and went door to door exemplify those people. The Rossland Unit of the Canadian Cancer ...

The Miners' Hall may soon have a "green room" above the stage thanks to the efforts and fundraising of the Rossland Council for Arts and Culture (RCAC) volunteers.Renate Fleming of the RCAC explained that a green room "is the place where performers get ready for performance and where they spend time between performances to ...

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 […]