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The result paves the way for the community of roughly 2,700 to become a district municipality with its own mayor and council.

More than 200 properties were ordered to either evacuate immediately or be on alert after the blaze broke out on the Osoyoos Indian Band Reserve.

The fire is currently listed at 2,000 hectares, but BC Wildfire says smoky skies have prevented aerial crews from getting a true read on how big the blaze is.

The Chief of the Lower Similkameen Indian Band confirmed that a church in the small community of Hedley burned, as did one in the border community of Chopaka.

RCMP arrested Marcus Sheena, one of the province's Most Wanted, Tuesday afternoon near Oliver.

One man is dead after a fatal collision between a vehicle and a scooter in the South Okanagan.

FortisBC now owns and operates 23 stations across 14 communities in the southern interior, and there are 16 more stations under construction.

From winning lottery tickets to a B.C. woman receiving Canada’s first bachelor’s degree of Indigenous language fluency, here are five good news stories from the week to share.

The national leader of the Royal Canadian Legion has apologized for the actions of its branch in Cranbrook, B.C., for a joke it published about murdering two "Indians."

Louie was re-elected to his 14th term as Osoyoos Indian Band Chief, a position he was first elected to in 1984.

A Kelowna filmmaker is hoping to gain some recognition on an international scale.

OLIVER — There are upwards of 400 up for grabs in the south Okanagan and on Wednesday, job seekers got a chance to learn about some of those opportunities at a job fair in Oliver. Brandon Kirs recently returned back to the Okanagan says the job fair is giving him hope that he will find...

It's not often a race track is built in Canada but it's happening in the south Okanagan.

It’s a place to relax for those seeking a getaway. But more than a hundred years ago, it may have also been the final resting place for a First Nations community...

Haynes Point Provincial Park and Okanagan Falls Provincial Park will now be under the management of the Osoyoos Indian Band.

The circuit’s designer is Canadian racing legend Jacques Villeneuve.

For the first time, families can now reserve campsites in Summit Lake, Juniper Lake, Whiskers Point and Kootenay Lake provincial parks.

Penticton residents have voted against a proposed correctional centre in an opinion poll held by the city.

The Band hopes the hub will attract a new wave of commercial, light industrial and institutional businesses to the region.

The B.C. government is providing almost $9 million to help 89 local governments and First Nations conduct wildfire mitigation work.