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Keremeos hopes to acquire control of popular transient farmworker campground
KEREMEOS – It’s been an ongoing topic of discussion in the Village of Keremeos, but…
Sucker punch gets Penticton man 16 months in jail
PENTICTON – A Penticton man will spend more than a year behind bars for a…
Oliver man denied bail for assault, home invasion
PENTICTON – An Oliver man will remain in jail following results of a bail hearing…
Penticton electrical utility audit stepped up after error found
PENTICTON – An audit of Penticton’s electrical utility is being ramped up following the discovery…
Penticton airport improvements may not include navigation upgrades
PENTICTON – Two years after an expansion of Penticton Regional Airport’s departure lounge, a reconfiguration…
Penticton waiting for provincial funding, approvals to begin pre-freshet creek repairs
PENTICTON – With the approach of spring the City of Penticton is anxious to make…
Wildlife trafficking earns B.C. man minimum $2,500 fine
PENTICTON – A Similkameen man has been handed a hefty fine after pleading guilty to…
Penticton police limiting response to ‘completely preventable’ auto crime
PENTICTON – Penticton RCMP have recited the mantra repeatedly over the past couple of years…
Penticton high school students hope to support U.S. counterparts in gun reform march
PENTICTON – Three Penticton high school students hope to stand in solidarity with their American…
Provincial road work this summer includes more repaving on Highway 3
PENTICTON – Drivers in the South Okanagan won’t have any have any major provincal highway…
Surveillance video responsible for conviction of Summerland community mailbox thief
PENTICTON – A Kamloops man will serve two months in jail after he was caught…
Excessive police force ruled out in Oliver man’s arrest
PENTICTON – A Penticton judge has decided excessive police force was not an issue during…
Latest threat to agriculture in Okanagan is wildfire
PENTICTON – Being prepared for the next wildfire on the farm or vineyard is what…
South Okanagan composting site debate breaks down at regional district
PENTICTON – With a packed gallery of residents staring them down, regional directors decided against…
Family escapes injury after striking massive moose in Manning Provincial Park
CAWSTON – A Cawston family is lucky to have escaped without injury after colliding with…
Citizens group will fight five year phase out of two-tier Fortis electrical rate
PENTICTON – The battle to level the playing field with respect to Fortis residential electrical…
Fortis B.C. applying to end two-tiered electrical rate negatively impacting rural South Okanagan customers
PENTICTON – Fortis B.C. plans to return to a flat rate for residential customers, thanks…
South Okanagan road maintenance crews on the job around the clock this week
PENTICTON – It’s been a difficult week for South Okanagan road crews, with more winter…
Another busy year for Penticton Search and Rescue
PENTICTON – As 2017 comes to an end, Penticton Search and Rescue manager Randy Brown…
No relief in sight from frigid B.C. Interior temperatures
Don’t expect this week’s winter temperatures to let up any time soon in the Southern…
Oliver First Nations man charged with weapons smuggling to look at constitutional challenge
PENTICTON – The sentencing hearing for a First Nations man convicted of smuggling guns into…
Spring flooding forcing repairs to Penticton creeks before next spring
PENTICTON – Last spring’s high water flows caused significant damage to the beds of Penticton…
Woman behind scuttled Penticton addiction recovery centre not giving up
PENTICTON – Michelle Jansen says she’s not giving up her efforts to establish a privately…
Slow recovery for man jumped and beaten at Penticton nightclub
PENTICTON – The father of a man who was severely beaten in a downtown Penticton…