Officials are predicting lower water levels at Lake Koocanusa this summer, with an expected peak approximately 10 feet below full pool in August.
The Cranbrook Bucks have handed out team awards following the completion of an unorthodox season, playing 20 games against two other teams in Penticton due to pandemic-related restrictions.
The provincial government is easing up on restrictions that had previously banned overnight camping on Crown land in the Koocanusa region.
Firefighters tackled a small fire in an industrial area of Elko Tuesday night, as a fire broke out in a gravel pit near the Canfor mill yard, according to the Regional District of East Kootenay.
The provincial government is easing up on restrictions that had previously banned overnight camping on Crown land in the Koocanusa region.
Annual capital funding provided by the province is being distributed to school districts across B.C., including the Southeast Kootenay school district, which is receiving $1.5 million.
Thousands of dollars have been granted out to regional communities through the Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockies as part of the 2021 program.
The RDEK has posted an operational surplus of $8 million as local governments begin disclosing annual financial reporting information mandated by the provincial government.
Over 365,000 vaccine doses have been administered throughout the Interior Health region
Three suspects were arrested after RCMP were alerted to a break in at a local landfill earlier this week.
Municipal property taxes are going up following adoption of the 2021 rates bylaw by city council on Monday evening.
Police have a suspect in a rash of recent thefts from local businesses, while some stolen material has been recovered and returned.
Philip Toner was located in Lake Country on May 11
A new bylaw under consideration by city council is eyeing changes to snow and ice clearing on sidewalks in the winter months.
City council has issued a remedial action order relating to vacant buildings that were severely damaged by fire last fall.
Capital projects underway at East Kootenay Regional Hospital, per update from Interior Health
Police are looking for Philip Toner, who was known to a woman found dead near Radium last week
Province expecting large volumes of Pfizer BioNTech as age-based cohort immunization program ramps up
Two school districts in the East Kootenay are adding an electric school bus to their fleets, as part of a provincial push to cut down on transit emissions.
Cranbrook RCMP is recommending charges against a local man involving allegations of online extortion and threats on a social media platform.
