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A community is digging in its heels over its opposition to a potential new gravel pit. After learning in portables for decades, students of the Lower Similkameen Indian Band will soon have a brand-new school. And local paddlers are bringing home some international medals.

The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen has ordered evacuation orders and alerts because of the Calcite Creek fire, a Kamloops man is honoured for his heroic efforts, and a sunflower maze sprouts up in the Okanagan.

Following multiple open and closed-door discussions, the Regional District of the Okanagan Similkameen voted to move ahead with a new garbage contract. As Taya Fast reports, the contract means residents will now have to pay hundreds more to receive curbside pickup.

Catered food is a fairly common practice during board meetings at the municipal level, but it is food that is covered by taxpayers. One regional board recently voted to eliminate the catered meals, savings that will amount to tens of thousands of dollars. Klaudia Van Emmerik reports.

The South Okanagan-Similkameen region is set to receive more help within the local healthcare system. The region has been struggling with staffing shortages and many residents are without a family doctor. Taya Fast has more.

BC announces more support for health care in the South Okanagan and Similkameen, BC tree fruit farmers protest their own cooperative, and a new park opens in Vernon.

If projections are correct, thousands more people could be living within the Okanagan-Similkameen region within the next few years as communities from as small as Keremeos to large municipalities like West Kelowna are expected to keep growing. Taya Fast reports.

Lakes in the Okanagan region are free of invasive mussels, says a report by the Okanagan and Similkameen Invasive Species Society.

The Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen is going after three invasive tree species in the region. As our Taya Fast reports work to remove them from one area near Penticton is already well underway.

The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen is going after three invasive tree species in the region. As our Taya Fast reports work to remove them from one area near Penticton is already well underway.

The Southern Interior United Way hosted its annual kick-off breakfast in Kelowna Tuesday morning. The organization has a long history of supporting communities in the Okanagan, and Columbia-Shuswap regions along with the Similkameen Valley through to the East Kootenays, and as Jayden Wasney reports, the focus at Tuesday’s event was on wildfire relief.

The Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen and the City of Penticton hosted a joint news conference to provide an update on the Christie Mountain Wildfire.

The Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen announced on Tuesday that the evacuation order for 319 homes in the Heritage Hills area had been mostly lifted. However, it said 74 homes were still off-limits due to geotechnical concerns.

Darryl Seres, is representing the Conservative party in the riding of Boundary-Similkameen. He speaks with Global Okanagan about the attempted resurgence of the BC Conservatives and his priorities for the region, if elected.

Roly Russell is representing the BC NDP in the riding of Boundary-Similkameen. He speaks with Global Okanagan about why he thinks the “safe” Liberal seat should swing to the NDP, and the most important issues facing the riding.

It’s Food Bank Friday , part of this year’s Your Okanagan Calendar Campaign to help raise funds for Food banks in the Okanagan Similkameen Valley. This week Sydney Morton spoke with the Princeton Food Bank where she learned they do so much more than just put food on family’s tables.

RCMP across the province are dealing with a rash of catalytic convertor thefts. The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen is the latest victim of these thefts in Penticton.

Recent hot weather has sped up snow melt and some intense rainfall on Saturday has also helped swell waterways.

The Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen talks about the option to not leave your property during an evacuation order.

Erick Thompson from the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen, discusses evacuation orders and alerts during the novel coronavirus pandemic.