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Crash causes 15-hour power outage

Over 1,000 Slocan Valley residents were without power from 1 p.m. Thursday to 4 a.m. Friday after a jeep crashed at Crescent Valley.
Silver Ledge trial adjourns

Silver Ledge trial adjourns

A judge will rule next Wednesday whether to allow two key pieces of evidence in the Randy Hanoski arson trial.
Federal Liberal critic touches down

Federal Liberal critic touches down

Vancouver-Quadra Liberal MP Joyce Murray from stopped in Nelson on Tuesday as part of a Kootenay tour.
Neighbourhood integrity debated

Neighbourhood integrity debated

Concerns of “commercial creep” into lower Uphill were raised Tuesday night at City Hall.
Hanoski confided in police, court told

Hanoski confided in police, court told

Two police officers testified Thursday that the man accused of burning down Ainsworth’s Silver Ledge Hotel made incriminating statements to them.
Reeling in the years

Reeling in the years

Members of the Nelson Road Kings may have been drawn into the world of classic cars and hot rods because of old memories, but this weekend they will be making new ones as the Queen City Cruise pulls into town.
Ainsworth fire started in bathroom, court hears

Ainsworth fire started in bathroom, court hears

Two fire investigators testified Wednesday that the fire that consumed a trailer and the historic Silver Ledge Hotel in Ainsworth started on the trailer’s bathroom floor.

Creating race cars from scratch

Nelson is going car crazy as the Queen City Cruise comes to town, but there won’t be just classic cars on the streets. Soap box cars will join the action on Friday.

Kokanee Creek Park bomb defused

Kokanee Creek Provincial Park has reopened after an RCMP explosives squad safely detonated a homemade pipe bomb found near the boat launch early Wednesday.
RDCK: Faust in, Mickel probably out

RDCK: Faust in, Mickel probably out

One Regional District of Central Kootenay director for rural Nelson plans to run for re-election, while another is pretty sure he will pack it in.