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Strata hotel proposed for site of Penticton’s El Rancho Motel

Council receives revised proposal for redevelopment of three Westminster Avenue properties

May 3, 2024 4:50 PM Read more >

Okanagan Nation welcomes program to bring back grizzlies to North Cascades

The population in the region was hunted to near extinction but efforts are now underway to bring the species back

May 3, 2024 4:30 PM Read more >

Penticton’s Car 40 program already ‘complete success’: RCMP

Crime stats show a drop of 23 per cent in property crime overall for the first quarter of year

May 3, 2024 3:45 PM Read more >

43 years later, friend of Verna Susan Bjerky says search for her still continues in Hope

Cathy Lamberton remembers Bjerky as a fun and hardworking girl

May 3, 2024 9:26 AM Read more >

Okanagan drought conditions continue to persist

Snow shortfall turns up stress on water supply

May 3, 2024 5:30 AM Read more >

Good Samaritans help rescue man from sinking van in Penticton’s Skaha Lake

Passersby leapt into action when the vehicle went off Eastside Road near Penticton

May 2, 2024 5:00 PM Read more >

Okanagan’s drier-than-normal April has experts concerned for summer

‘I don’t think we’re looking at any solution for the ongoing problems’: meteorologist

May 2, 2024 3:00 PM Read more >

Oliver home catches fire twice in 24 hours

Second blaze deemed suspicious by Oliver Fire Department

May 2, 2024 2:45 PM Read more >

$1.8M awarded to Penticton woman in lawsuit over Osoyoos head-on crash

The motorcyclist was left with crippling physical and mental injuries that cost her job and pleasures

May 2, 2024 2:30 PM Read more >

Longtime Okanagan Falls fire chief dies after 50 years of service

Bob Haddow has the distinction of being North America’s longest-serving fire chief

May 2, 2024 10:30 AM Read more >