The Kimberley Community Fall Fair has been cancelled for 2021.
A new plant is planned but the price tag is $65 million
It is difficult to quantify the pride I feel when I say I grew up in Kimberley. To be raised by a loving community in scenery that takes my breath away daily. To be raised 'free range' and know how to drive on dirt roads. Raised to smile at people on the street, how could one not brag.
The Regional District of East Kootenay is advising that 229 properties in the Fairmont area remain on Evacuation Alert. The alert was first posted earlier this week after intense weekend rains.
FortisBC is kicking off construction on a major project in Kimberley – one of five communities in the Kootenay region that will see upgrades to existing energy infrastructure. The work is part of the utility's second year of construction on its Inland Gas Upgrades project.
The City of Kimberley has rescinded the water quality advisory issued on May 17, 2021.
Council received quite a few letters in opposition to the park but agreed that the license of occupation had an exit clause to deal with problems
Full lunar eclipse at 5:11 a.m. Wednesday morning
Conservation group asks for comments to be sent to provincial government
Columbia River Revelstoke MLA Doug Clovechok says he would not be able to effectively serve a riding any bigger
Rocky Mountain School District 6 is receiving funding from several different streams for a total of $1,776,068. Under the School Enhancement Program there will HVAC upgrades at the Blarchmont Elementary building, which currently houses the College of the Rockies as well as a daycare and other programs. The building is still owned by SD^. There will also be roofing upgrades at Selkirk Secondary.
With success comes challenges. Just as the city of Kimberley grapples with trying to provide housing stock for all the people who want to live here, the Kimberley Nordic Club has a similar problem. Their success means they've outgrown their parking lot, and it's causing a number of issues.
The first Water Quality Advisory of the season was issued by the City of Kimberley on Monday, May 17, 2021.
Columbia Valley RCMP are reporting a traffic fatality on Friday, May 14, 2021. At approximately 4:30 that morning police received a report of a single vehicle accident on Hwy 93/95 near the south end of Columbia Lake Road in Fairmont.
The Kimberley Fire Department is on scene at what appears to be a mobile home fire in Marysville Friday evening.
Six of those were from Kimberley/Cranbrook
Affordable rental housing is a big issue says property manager
Is deer fatigue setting in?
We are entering the time of year when turbidity in Kimberley's water supply increases due to river volume increasing because of the freshet. There will be periodic boil water advisories over the next month or so as the upper elevation melt continues.
