Community

With forecasts calling for thunderstorms on Friday, many people wondered whether the West Kootenay EcoSociety would have to take the unprecedented step of cancelling its annual street festival.

The Circle of Habondia Lending Society is getting set to host an exciting art auction on Thursday at Self Design High (Legion Building on Victoria Street).

Endless Adventure in Crescent Valley is once again presenting the Kootenay Whitewater Festival this weekend.

The automobile reigns supreme in North America today. A quarter of our working lives are spent paying for them; communities fight each other for the right to manufacture them; cities are torn down, remade and planned to accommodate their needs; wars are fought to keep their fuel tanks filled; songs are written to praise them.

Things haven’t been going so well. Maybe you need to change direction. But how? The answer may be as close as your local library for some Shelf Help.

With the L.V. Rogers Class of 2011 getting set to embark on their post-high school journey through life, the Nelson Star is pleased to present a list of scholarship award winners.

Everyone is invited to join in the first Slocan Valley Walk for Hope in memory of Alan Zdrazil (right).

As part of National Aboriginal Day, Touchstones Nelson put out special displays and activities revolving around local First Nations on Saturday

The Kootenay Rhythm Dragons are hard at work preparing for a busy upcoming rowing season.

The L.V. Rogers boys Bombers finished 13th at the recent senior boys rugby provincials in Abbotsford — but made the eventual champions earn their crown.