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Helpers are asked to meet at Scrap King at 9 a.m.

A move to make regional district board meeting votes transparent to the public was blocked at the board level recently with a resounding vote against.

The fifth time is the charm for the chair of the regional district’s board of directors. Aimee Watson — the director of Area D — has been elected as chair of the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) board of directors for the fifth time, after directors voted on Thursday morning in the first meeting of the new board at the Nelson board room on Lakeside Drive. The

Despite six of the 11 electoral areas having been decided by acclamation, there were significant races in the regional district Saturday night. The unofficial results were handed in Saturday night and there were some surprising results, including the change in Area C (Duck Lake, Lakeview, West Creston and South Reclamation) with incumbent Area C director Adam Casemore (63

Over half of the electoral area directors in the Regional District of Central Kootenay will be placed on the board without an election. Six of the 11 electoral areas in the RDCK will not have a vote on Oct. 15 when B.C. municipalities, regional districts and school districts hold their collective elections, the 2022 chief election officer Tom Dool noted in an email Tuesday

One of the more popular community engagement events in the Columbia Basin will remain online for the third straight year. The Columbia Basin Trust’s Community Initiatives and Affected Areas Program opened for grant applications earlier this month and — after a regional district board motion — adjudication will remain online. Although the program relies upon community input

One of the more popular community engagement events in the Columbia Basin will remain online for the third straight year. The Columbia Basin Trust’s Community Initiatives and Affected Areas Program opened for grant applications earlier this month and — after a regional district board motion — adjudication will remain online. Although the program relies upon community input

One of the more popular community engagement events in the Columbia Basin will remain online for the third straight year. The Columbia Basin Trust’s Community Initiatives and Affected Areas Program opened for grant applications earlier this month and — after a regional district board motion — adjudication will remain online. Although the program relies upon community input

One of the more popular community engagement events in the Columbia Basin will remain online for the third straight year. The Columbia Basin Trust’s Community Initiatives and Affected Areas Program opened for grant applications earlier this month and — after a regional district board motion — adjudication will remain online. Although the program relies upon community input

Funding of $7.6 million has been secured to expand Columbia Basin Trust’s regional fibre optic network between Fruitvale and Nelson and between Kimberley and Wasa. Permitting and other pre-construction work on the projects will start soon, with support from federal, provincial and regional partners. “Our goal is to help people throughout the Columbia Basin—whether farmers,