Tracy Hughes

RCMP are on the scene of a collision on the Trans-Canada Highway 19 kilometres west of Revelstoke. - Filel photo

Update: Trans-Canada Highway reopens near Revelstoke

Six people reported injured, with two of those patients in critical condition.

RCMP are on the scene of a collision on the Trans-Canada Highway 19 kilometres west of Revelstoke. - Filel photo
Observer file photoSanta Claus and Mrs. Claus ride in style at the Chase Country Christmas Parade Friday, Dec. 1. -Rick Koch photo

Column: A Salmon Arm wish list

Dear Santa,

Observer file photoSanta Claus and Mrs. Claus ride in style at the Chase Country Christmas Parade Friday, Dec. 1. -Rick Koch photo
The North Okanagan-Shuswap School district plans to open its first outdoor school in September 2018. - File photo.

Outdoor school to open in Salmon Arm

South Canoe school to be reopened in September with new program

The North Okanagan-Shuswap School district plans to open its first outdoor school in September 2018. - File photo.
File photoTrustee Mike McKay has made a recommendation to reduce the number of school trustees on the board of the North Okanagan-Shuswap School District.

Trustee recommends reducing school board to five members

The North Okanagan-Shuswap school board to move away from nine-trustee structure

File photoTrustee Mike McKay has made a recommendation to reduce the number of school trustees on the board of the North Okanagan-Shuswap School District.
Sophie Hamilton does a balletic pose while wearing Converse running shoes during a hip hop dance number. Image credit: Tracy Hughes/Salmon Arm Observer

Christmas stories told through dance

The Shuswap Dance Center puts on it's annual holiday performance

Sophie Hamilton does a balletic pose while wearing Converse running shoes during a hip hop dance number. Image credit: Tracy Hughes/Salmon Arm Observer
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Curves contributes to families at Christmas

Mrs Claus points to the donations collected by clients at Curves Salmon Arm.

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Bastion Elementary School grade one/two students take part in lessons in an outdoor classroom. The school district is looking at creating its first outdoor school at South Canoe. - File photo

Trustee to consider opening outdoor school in September

Staff recommend South Canoe School re-open with a new district program

Bastion Elementary School grade one/two students take part in lessons in an outdoor classroom. The school district is looking at creating its first outdoor school at South Canoe. - File photo
B.C. registered midwives Josée Gervais and Ariel Christman are setting up a practice in Salmon Arm which will serve expectant families in the Shuswap with either home births or a hospital birth at Shuswap Lake General Hospital, shown in the background. This will be Salmon Arm’s first midwifery clinic. -Image credit: Tracy Hughes/Salmon Arm Observer

Midwives open practice in Salmon Arm

New practitioners will deliver babies in home or hospital

B.C. registered midwives Josée Gervais and Ariel Christman are setting up a practice in Salmon Arm which will serve expectant families in the Shuswap with either home births or a hospital birth at Shuswap Lake General Hospital, shown in the background. This will be Salmon Arm’s first midwifery clinic. -Image credit: Tracy Hughes/Salmon Arm Observer
There’s plenty of clouds in the Okanagan-Shuswap forecast for the next five days, as in this photograph of the Sicamous Beach, but there’s no snow expected to fall. -File photo.

No snow, mild temperatures for Okanagan-Shuswap

You shouldn't need your shovels anytime soon

There’s plenty of clouds in the Okanagan-Shuswap forecast for the next five days, as in this photograph of the Sicamous Beach, but there’s no snow expected to fall. -File photo.
Traffic is backed up into Abbotsford as crews deal with a flipped semi, westbound on Highway 1 near 248 Street. Miranda Gathercole Langley Times

Letter: Salmon Arm needs a truck lane

As a transportation professional with over 67 years experience, I have pretty much covered the geography of North America.

Traffic is backed up into Abbotsford as crews deal with a flipped semi, westbound on Highway 1 near 248 Street. Miranda Gathercole Langley Times
Nic Faucher and Louise Wallace Richmond dance the quick step at Dancing with the Shuswap Stars on Friday, Nov. 17. -image credit: Jim Elliot/Salmon Arm Observer

Column: On stars and sleighs

In the immortal words of Elvis, my hands were shaking and my knees were weak.

Nic Faucher and Louise Wallace Richmond dance the quick step at Dancing with the Shuswap Stars on Friday, Nov. 17. -image credit: Jim Elliot/Salmon Arm Observer
RCMP vehicles can bee seen assisting with a collision that has stopped traffic on Highway 97B as of 3:30 p.m. The circumstances of the crash are not known at this time. There is a detour available via Hudson Road and Sonora Road

Traffic stopped on Highway 97B due to crash

The incident took place south of Mellors Store.

RCMP vehicles can bee seen assisting with a collision that has stopped traffic on Highway 97B as of 3:30 p.m. The circumstances of the crash are not known at this time. There is a detour available via Hudson Road and Sonora Road
Salmon Arm RCMP officers honoured for exceptional courage

Salmon Arm RCMP officers honoured for exceptional courage

Six policemen earn B.C.'s highest award for rescuing a suicidal man

Salmon Arm RCMP officers honoured for exceptional courage
The Silver Creek Library is facing cutbacks to its operating hours. -Image credit: Jim Elliot/Salmon Arm Observer

Silver Creek residents upset by proposed cuts to library hours

ORL says reduction would bring library service in line with other small communities.

The Silver Creek Library is facing cutbacks to its operating hours. -Image credit: Jim Elliot/Salmon Arm Observer
Salmon Arm resident Kirk Gennings took this photo of what he believes to be a bobcat or lynx near Okanagan Ave and 16th Street SE Salmon Arm.Photo contributed

Big cat spotted near Okanagan Avenue

Photographer trying to identify the cat species seen in a residential Salmon Arm neighbourhood.

Salmon Arm resident Kirk Gennings took this photo of what he believes to be a bobcat or lynx near Okanagan Ave and 16th Street SE Salmon Arm.Photo contributed
Tracy Hughes and her partner Orlando Robertson dancing the cha-cha at the Dancing with the Shuswap Stars event at the SASCU Recreation Centre on Friday, Nov. 18.

Column: Spend Friday night with the stars

I'm sharpening my pencils in preparation for this year's Dancing With The Shuswap Stars event set for Friday night at the SASCU Recreation Centre.

Tracy Hughes and her partner Orlando Robertson dancing the cha-cha at the Dancing with the Shuswap Stars event at the SASCU Recreation Centre on Friday, Nov. 18.
Ashley Simpson

Silver Creek farm search has parents anxious for answers

Believing their daughter is dead, Ashley Simpson's parents want to be able to lay her to rest

Ashley Simpson
Some semis having trouble getting up Tank Hil on the Trans-Canada Highway, so police are out guiding motorists around them. Highway maintenance vehicle out sanding the hill. - Martha Wickett/Salmon Arm Observer

Update: Reports of a crash at the Tappen Co-op

Sorrento Elementary without power, road conditions poor in many places in the Shuswap.

Some semis having trouble getting up Tank Hil on the Trans-Canada Highway, so police are out guiding motorists around them. Highway maintenance vehicle out sanding the hill. - Martha Wickett/Salmon Arm Observer
Tracy Hughes, Salmon Arm Observer editor

Column: Watching and waiting in Silver Creek

Observer editor Tracy Hughes reflects on covering the police search at the Sagmoen farm

Tracy Hughes, Salmon Arm Observer editor
Police arrest a man at gunpoint following an armed robbery in Tappen. -Photo contributed

Criminal charges pending following Halloween robbery

Two men and a woman are being held in custody after being arrested in downtown Salmon Arm

Police arrest a man at gunpoint following an armed robbery in Tappen. -Photo contributed