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Marshall Jones

Marshall Jones

News is best when it's local, relevant, timely and interesting. That's our focus every day. We are on the ground in Penticton, Vernon, Kelowna and Kamloops to bring you the stories that matter most. Marshall may call West Kelowna home, but after 16 years in local news and 14 in the Okanagan, he knows better than to tell readers in other communities what is "news' to them. He relies on resident reporters to reflect their own community priorities and needs. As the newsroom leader, his job is making those reporters better, ensuring accuracy, fairness and meeting the highest standards of journalism.

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  • Joined: September 18, 2012
  • Articles: 3140

Vernon fire department called to vehicle fire

VERNON - Police believe a truck set on fire over the weekend was stolen from a Vernon home. The Vernon Fire Department was called out at 4:20 a.m. Sunday to fight the fire at Commonage and Bench Row Roads. The truck was fully engulfed in flames.  RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says there was more than...

Home alone: Preparation, routine are key to ready kids to stay solo, experts say

Kathy Sima's daughter Taylor starts high school this fall, but the 13-year-old has already experienced another key rite of passage for many teens: staying home alone. Initially, a neighbour's 16-year-old daughter would walk Taylor home and stay with her, which Sima said worked for a short period of time — until her child told her...

Kamloops man shot in face

KAMLOOPS - A man is recovering in hospital after police found him "covered in blood from his face to his feet" late Saturday night. Mounties were called to a Fortune Drive home near midnight and found the 23-year-old man on a front door step conscious and breathing but badly injured. He was taken to Royal...

Vancouver-area woman reunites Japanese fisherman with item lost in 2011 tsunami

VANCOUVER - A Vancouver-area woman will board a plane on Monday to return a piece of Japanese tsunami debris that washed ashore after the deadly 2011 earthquake, ending a cleanup in British Columbia while reconnecting a fisherman half a world away with his father's past. Twenty-three-year-old Hanako Yokota, who worked on the debris cleanup near...

Two Boonstock security guards fired for attempted liquor theft

PENTICTON - Two 24-7 Security employees appear to have been fired after they were were caught on security camera allegedly trying to steal liquor from Last Call Liquor Mart on Saturday. Navneet Dhaliwal, a principal at the company in control of Boonstock's security, posted to Facebook that the two men have been fired. "We need...

Lightning storm brings out firefighters, photographers

KAMLOOPS - Last night's thunder and lightning storm brought some great photos and kept B.C. Wildfire crews busy and it isn't over yet— more lightning is expected today. While social media brought some of the best pictures, B.C. Wildfire crews were positioned and ready for the storm, which brought 10 spot fires in the area....

UPDATE: Severe Thunderstorm warning ended for central, south Okanagan

OKANAGAN - Environment Canada has cancelled a severe thunderstorm warning for Penticton and Kelowna. At 2:06 p.m. the weather service issued the warning for the entire central and south Okanagan areas. It was expected to bring very strong wind gusts, dime to nickel size hail and heavy rain. 

Police need help finding arsonist

KELOWNA - Kelowna Mounties are investigating two suspicious hedge fires set early this morning. Kelowna RCMP and Kelowna Fire Department were first called to a hedge fire at 1:34 a.m. in the 400 block of Highway 33 East, then just an hour later, at 2:29 a.m. to nearby Ponto Road, in the 100 block. Both...

Bridge-jumping Coldstream man identified by coroners

REVELSTOKE – A 28-year-old Coldstream man has been identified after he died cliff jumping in Revelstoke July 30. The B.C. Coroners Service says Kody Skye Greveling was with friends jumping off Laforme Creek Bridge into Revelstoke Lake. "Mr. Greveling jumped from the bridge deck about 25 metres into the water, but on one such jump,...

BOONSTOCK: The music, the fun, the dust

PENTICTON - Boonstock fans have spoken and they are pleased. If social media is any indication—and of course it is—all the controversy surrounding Boonstock's first year in Penticton was lost on party-goers on the first night of the show. Mother Mother and Armin Vanbuuren got plenty of love. But read on to get some hilarious...

Wildfire wasn’t enough to get Smith Creek out of the woods

WEST KELOWNA - Smith Creek and Tallus Ridge were initiated into the fraternity of Central Okanagan neighbourhoods evacuated and threatened by fire but with one significant difference — they remain at risk of an interface fire and are perhaps at an even greater risk because of it. Glenrosa, Goat’s Peak, Rose Valley and Westside Road...

How to file your ICBC claim after the storm

KAMLOOPS - ICBC is asking for patience as it deals with potentially hundreds of vehicle damage claims from customers. If you have a claim as a result of the storm you can either report it online at ICBC's website or contact ICBC Kamloops at 250-374-5335 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. "We are...

Evacuations ordered in Botanie Creek wildfire

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District is issuing a Declaration of State of Local Emergency in Electoral Area "I" (Blue Sky Country) and an Evacuation Order for residents on Botanie Creek Road due to the potential threat to life and health from the Botanie Creek Wildfire north of Lytton. The fire is up to 470 ha and B.C. Wildfire has no...

Garage fire stopped in its tracks

KELOWNA - Firefighters stopped a Kelowna garage fire from spreading early Thursday morning. The fire was called in around 2:15 a.m. in the 800 block of Francis Ave. By the time they arrived the garage was fully involved, the roof collapsed and a van next to it was on fire. The heat damaged part of...

UPDATE: Forestry, West Kelowna knock down fire in Smith Creek overnight

WEST KELOWNA – Fire crews worked through the night to put out a fire in the Smith Creek area. Forestry crews are on scene mopping up of what remains of the early morning forest fire that happened on private property, according to a press release from the District of West Kelowna. The fire started around...

UPDATE: B.C. Wildfire extinguishes Westsyde blaze

KAMLOOPS - B.C. Wildfire says numerous calls from the public helped them keep a small fire from getting out of control in an interface area on Serle road in Westsyde. The response to the fire came from Wildfire members, along with Kamloops Fire Rescue and the RCMP. Municipal fire crews were the first to respond...

Motorcyclist facing several charges following crash

KAMLOOPS - Mounties say alcohol and speed are likely factors in a single vehicle motorcycle crash that closed Highway 1 for an hour last night. Kamloops RCMP Staff Sgt. Lane Jumaga says the 25-year-old was speeding on Highway 1 at Columbia St. West around 9:35 p.m. when he lost control and struck the cement barrier....

Lions Hall arsonist sentenced to prison

KELOWNA - The man who burned down the Westbank Lions Hall was sentenced to federal prison today. Kerry Cooper, 30, will serve three and a half years behind bars for setting the fire. He did it to get revenge on the woman who was getting married there the next morning, Sept. 1, 2013. Amanda Nevdoff had...