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An expedition this June will assess the condition of West Kootenay’s deadliest shipwreck and try to preserve a field of artifacts nearby.

Though it’s the result of a tragedy, organizers are hoping to keep positive feelings at the centre of a benefit this Sunday for those in the disaster-stricken city of Onagawa.

A Crescent Valley teacher is asking School District 8 to give more support to its youngest students as it launches full day kindergarten throughout the district.

Ea Anderson and Xavi Petkau extract DNA from a kiwi fruit during a Genome BC Geneskool workshop Wednesday at Wildflower Middle School.

Nelson bylaw officer Fred Thomson will be out re-calibrating the city's parking meters this weekend, in preparation for a city council-mandated fee hike.

A handful of staff are now working the Elections Canada office on the fifth floor of Nelson City Hall.

The West Kootenay Gun and Antique Show runs this weekend at the Nelson and District Rod and Gun Club.

RCMP say a Kootenay Bay man’s bizarre behaviour led to his arrest Tuesday and the dismantling of an indoor grow-op.

The Kootenay Lake School district is facing the wrath of dozens of parents, who are worried their children won't have a spot in next year's Grade 6 French immersion program at Trafalgar Middle School.

More people promised to conserve energy in FortisBC’s service area during Earth Hour this year, but fewer apparently did, according to figures released by the company.