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Pnmar1115
Regional district board hopes to create fertile economic environment
PENTICTON - The regional district continues to be interested in economic growth, but for the time being will not be implementing a full regional economic development service. The Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen board of directors discussion regarding the establishment of a regional economic development service focused on the need for public assent for such...
Summerland woman accelerates towards goal as a professional driver
PENTICTON - Summerland’s Sarah Cornett-Ching is going places, and getting there fast. Just weeks after Cornett-Ching made her ARCA racing debut at Daytona International Speedway, her race team, RACE 101, announced in a media release the 23-year-old Summerland resident would be contesting the full ARCA racing series this year. RACE 101 owner Tony Blanchard said...
More high temperature records in Southern Interior
SNOW FORECAST FOR HIGHWAYS THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - One more day of record weather was had this week before temperatures dropped slightly in the Southern Interior. While the entire region hit temperatures in the mid-teens Tuesday, March 10, at 15.6 Celsius, Vernon was one of the lucky ones in setting a new high temperature record for the...
Seasonal flooding unlikely this year
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If the lack of snow, even at alpine levels, is any indication, we could be in for a very dry year. The River Forecast Centre is reporting all but two snow basins are below normal as of March 1. The North and South Thompson basins are near-normal at 96 per cent and 91...