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Kootenay Christian Fellowship is collecting donations to bring comfort to more than 1,000 children left homeless by wildfires in the Slave Lake area of Alberta.

Regional District of Central Kootenay staff are recommending a contract for 911 fire dispatch be extended by one year, but want to look at ways of saving money first.

A group of Lardeau Valley residents is expected to file a complaint against Meadow Creek Cedar with the B.C. Forest Practices Board.

The BC River Forecast Centre has lifted a high streamflow advisory for the Salmo River.

A meteorite that flew over the Kootenays on Saturday morning was seen in Nelson and caught on video by a camera on the roof of the College of the Rockies in Cranbrook.

As a result of high turbidity from spring runoff, the Regional District of Central Kootenay has issued an advisory for users of the Riondel water system.

A $250 donation of a tree to commemorate January’s fire at the Kerr Apartments has councillor Margaret Stacey asking for city council to come up with a policy for donating money after disasters.

Nelson’s spring burning period is on now, and runs until the end of the month.

First it was grizzly bears, then a rabid bat, and now Nelsonites may have a cougar to worry about.

A 27-year-old man was arrested at the Nelson liquor store around 4 p.m. Saturday. Staff caught him shoplifting and prevented him from leaving.