Tara Bowie

Video: Do you know these alleged thieves?

Video: Do you know these alleged thieves?

Penticton RCMP need assistance identifying two individuals that attempted to steal items

Video: Do you know these alleged thieves?
Premier John Horgan, right, walks with Hardy Wentzel, CEO of Structurlam in Okanagan Falls. Horgan made an announcement Wednesday that the B.C. Building Code will update to allow mass timber construction of 12-storey buildings. (Tara Bowie/Penticton Western News)

B.C. first province to allow 12-storey mass-timber builds

Premier Horgan announced in OK Falls that mass-timber will be allowed on buildings up to 12 storeys

Premier John Horgan, right, walks with Hardy Wentzel, CEO of Structurlam in Okanagan Falls. Horgan made an announcement Wednesday that the B.C. Building Code will update to allow mass timber construction of 12-storey buildings. (Tara Bowie/Penticton Western News)
FILE - In this April 4, 2013, file photo, a mining dumper truck hauls coal at Cloud Peak Energy's Spring Creek strip mine near Decker, Mont. The Trump administration is considering using West Coast military bases or other federal properties as transit points for shipments of U.S. coal and natural gas to Asia. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Penticton bulky item pickup first week of April

Residents can put two bulky items out on their regular garbage day

FILE - In this April 4, 2013, file photo, a mining dumper truck hauls coal at Cloud Peak Energy's Spring Creek strip mine near Decker, Mont. The Trump administration is considering using West Coast military bases or other federal properties as transit points for shipments of U.S. coal and natural gas to Asia. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
Although fire burning along the mountainsides is a cause for anxiety and fear for residents, some solace should be found in the fact that there isn’t a high fuel-load within the boundaries of Keremeos. (Joe Lebeau/Hashmark Photography)

Risk from wildfire within Keremeos low

A recent wildfire report states there isn't much high intensity fuel within the village limits

Although fire burning along the mountainsides is a cause for anxiety and fear for residents, some solace should be found in the fact that there isn’t a high fuel-load within the boundaries of Keremeos. (Joe Lebeau/Hashmark Photography)
The Similkameen Country open house and Annual General Meeting is being held Tuesday night starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Info Centre in Keremeos. (google maps)

Keremeos and area Chamber of Commerce holding Business after Business

Business after Business will be held after the general meeting starting Wednesday at 6 p.m.

The Similkameen Country open house and Annual General Meeting is being held Tuesday night starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Info Centre in Keremeos. (google maps)
phone in toilet (pixabay)

Okanagan bar warns of dropped calls in the bathroom

If you're headed out to enjoy some libations make sure you hold on to your phones tight

phone in toilet (pixabay)
A new deal will allow American Express membership rewards customers in Canada and the U.S. to transfer their points into the new Air Canada program once it has rolled out. (Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS)

South Okanagan politicians petitioning Air Canada for Penticton Vancouver flight

Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen directors voted to send letter to Air Canada

A new deal will allow American Express membership rewards customers in Canada and the U.S. to transfer their points into the new Air Canada program once it has rolled out. (Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS)
Some caring people decided on Thursday to prepare the kids of the Romp sculture for the worst as the water levels in Okanagan Lake continue to rise.

Too early to tell if flood or drought year ahead for Okanagan

Not even the Okanagan Basin Water Board staff know if it'll be a flood or drought year

Some caring people decided on Thursday to prepare the kids of the Romp sculture for the worst as the water levels in Okanagan Lake continue to rise.
Keremeos man chooses death with dignified party - music, whiskey and cigars included

Keremeos man chooses death with dignified party – music, whiskey and cigars included

Dan Laramie died March 2 with medical assistance after an amazing "farewell to this life" party

Keremeos man chooses death with dignified party - music, whiskey and cigars included
A hydro pole is leaning at an about 60 degree angle over the pumps at Barry Beecroft Fuels in Cawston on Wednesday evening. (photo submitted)

Update: Road reopened after hydro pole hit in Cawston

The pole is leaning at about a 60 degree angle, Fortis, fire crew, and RCMP on scene.

A hydro pole is leaning at an about 60 degree angle over the pumps at Barry Beecroft Fuels in Cawston on Wednesday evening. (photo submitted)
A non medicinal retail cannabis store is one step closer to opening in Keremeos. (File photo)

Keremeos pot store closer to opening

The province has asked Keremeos council to provide comment on the application

A non medicinal retail cannabis store is one step closer to opening in Keremeos. (File photo)
Tara BowieBarbara Baessler bought seven chairs in the auction Saturday night. The chairs were designed by local artists and will be used at Corcelettes winery on Upper Bench Road.

Winery to display several Cawston Hall painted chairs

Cawston Hall Cabin Fever Ball had another successful year

Tara BowieBarbara Baessler bought seven chairs in the auction Saturday night. The chairs were designed by local artists and will be used at Corcelettes winery on Upper Bench Road.
Red Albrechtson of the Nickel Plate Nordic Centre in Penticton will represent the club and B.C. at the 2017 Ski Nationals at the Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park from March 18 – 25. Canmore is expected to host more than 1,000 athletes, coaches and parents from across the country. The venue is the site of the 1988 Olympic Winter Games Nordic.

Regional directors need more time on Nickel Plate Provincial Park expansion

Members of the Nickel Plate Nordic Ski Club near Apex say planned logging will ruin trails

Red Albrechtson of the Nickel Plate Nordic Centre in Penticton will represent the club and B.C. at the 2017 Ski Nationals at the Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park from March 18 – 25. Canmore is expected to host more than 1,000 athletes, coaches and parents from across the country. The venue is the site of the 1988 Olympic Winter Games Nordic.
Tara Bowie

Cawston’s Cabin Fever ball coming up

The annual winter break out party includes the beloved chair auction

Tara Bowie
Keremeos house fire on 4th Street

Keremeos firefighters knock down blaze

There was a house fire in a home on 4th Street Keremeos Monday

Keremeos house fire on 4th Street
Submitted

Keremeos fire department road coverage area triples in size

With the Princeton Highway truck damaged, Keremeos firefighters are filling.

Submitted

Penticton’s Peach City radio goes live on the FM dial

After nine years of hard work the Peach City Radio station goes live Friday at 7 a.m. on 92.9 FM

Leon Marchand Holmes

Hedley man, soon-to-be first time Dad, dies in tragic car crash

Leon Marchand Holmes died in a single vehicle car accident near Kamloops Jan. 12.

Leon Marchand Holmes
A worker scoops popcorn at a concession stand inside a Cinemark movie theartr in Los Angeles. Photo by ADVOCATE news services

Penticton’s second Snakebite festival hits the screen Jan. 31

Snakebite Film Festival showing LBGT, Indigenous and other diverse films

A worker scoops popcorn at a concession stand inside a Cinemark movie theartr in Los Angeles. Photo by ADVOCATE news services
Keremeos Pool

EDITORIAL: Keremeos and area swimming with options

Regional District Okanagan Similkameen directors will debate applying for a new outdoor pool grant

Keremeos Pool