Dust from farmer's fields and roads, exhaust from large trucks, construction and tourist traffic, and open burning cause for spikes in particulate matter readings during the first two months of the year-long Nephelometer Study in Grand Forks, according to a report. Last week Wayne Kopan, manager of environment and building ...

Bright green garbage cans have been popping up on doorsteps all over Grand Forks this past week as a sign of a new approach in local garbage collection -- the Foodscraps Collection program. While some residents give praise for the efforts to curb garbage volumes, others are not impressed. For the past eight months residents...

Beaverdell Elementary School's one teacher, Jennifer Eaton, will be getting some extra help. Earlier this month, Eaton along with Parent Advisory Council president Michelle Kreitz told the School District 51 Board of Education that it was unacceptable to have Eaton working alone now the teaching assistant has been removed...

Hockey fans you have to come to the rink!  We have a team here folks! Congratulations to team President Dave Grootjes and the Bruins Executive. I have been waiting for this for four years. Even though we lost our first game, there is lots of talent on the ice and huge potential for this season. Coach Deschenes has assembled...

Talks have been replaced with information pickets after bargaining between the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) and CUPE Local 2262 broke down Friday. Unionized staff at the Nelson and District Community Complex set up information picket lines outside the entrance to the pool entrance Friday at 4 p.m. As this was...

This week's annual deer count showed a stable but declining population. The count on Tuesday, Sept. 18 came up with 154 deer living within the Grand Forks city limits. That is down from last year's 179. "We're seeing the deer level out -- they seem to have peaked," said Cher Wyers, Grand Forks councillor while chairing the ...

UPDATE: As of today, Saturday, Sept. 22, Greenwood residents can again drink their water now Interior Health Authority has lifted the boil water advisory that took effect on Thursday, Sept. 20. Original Story: The Interior Health Authority has lifted the water ban in Greenwood and replaced it with a boil water advisory, today,...

UPDATED: Fire under control, has expanded to more than 10 acres on Owl Mountain A small half-acre wildfire has turned into more than a 10 acre blaze on Owl Mountain, located south of the Cascade Border crossing in Christina Lake. Crews from Colville, Washington have been monitoring the blaze since it began last week from a ...

Veterinarian Carole Scholz decided to shave her head and donate her hair to support cancer research. In what seems like an unlikely time to take action, Carole found that this month is the time for her to lend a hand. The Sentinel asked Carole to describe why she is shaving her hair and how this will be impacting her. Read ...

Opening with 108 cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope after the demise of the recent one, Spotlight Films’ next showing is the entertaining farce,We Have a Pope. The camera pans individual faces, each encumbered with a similar thought, that it not be them. In the end the well-liked but unlikely cardinal...