Category Archives: Local News Now

The mayor of Kamloops is ready to take the final proposed property tax increase figure to a vote. After combing through the supplemental budget, the proposed property tax increase is 2.96 per cent. Ke...

Kamloops business groups have aired their BC Lottery Corporation headquarters concerns with Attorney General Dave Eby after the province scrapped replacement plans. Kamloops Chamber of Commerce Presid...

Five teens were hurt in a single-vehicle crash on Tranquille Road earlier today. Kamloops RCMP says the crash happened just before noon just east of the turnoff to Cooney Bay. Corporal Jodi Shelkie sa...

B.C.'s Agriculture minister is firing back at what she calls opposition "fear mongering" over changes to the legislation governing the Agricultural Land Reserve. Lana Popham says the accusations of ou...

A company planning to build a 1.2-million-square-foot cannabis production facility in Merritt is getting closer to breaking ground. Emerald Plants Health Source recently bought 56 acres on Midday Vall...

Communities in the Fraser and Nicola are trying to work regionally as the build out begins of the Ashcroft Terminal. Ashcroft mayor Barbara Roden says mayors and councillors from seven communities met...

The Executive Director of the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra (KSO) isn't surprised that Sagebrush Theatre will be offline until at least September. Kathy Humphreys says they were not expecting to return ...

UPDATE 1:30 PM Kamloops RCMP say the incident in the Chase Area is related to a robbery at the Phyven Medical Cannabis Dispensary from March 8. RCMP here, along with the Emergency Response Team from K...

Five patients were involved in a single vehicle crash along Tranquille Criss Creek Road this morning. Three have minor injuries and two are serious according to the BC Emergency Health Services. They ...

Two men and a woman were arrested walking down the Coquihalla this morning, near Merritt. It's related to a vehicle that was stolen from a Williams Lake car dealership on Tuesday. Police were called t...