February 03, 2022 Rural Communities Take Action For Emergencies When it comes to handling emergency situations—such as the wildfires, floods and heat waves experienced in 2021—it’s best to be […] Read more
February 03, 2022 KAST is Fostering Innovation in the Kootenay’s Kootenay Association for Science & Technology (KAST) is providing programming to local tech entrepreneurs and businesses in the Kootenay by […] Read more
January 31, 2022 A Modest Proposal By Keith Liggett This truckers protest got me thinking. We need to come up with a way to accommodate both […] Read more
January 28, 2022 New and Improved Ways to Enjoy the Outdoors People looking for ways to enjoy the Columbia Basin’s great outdoors will soon have even better options thanks to upcoming […] Read more
January 26, 2022 Four Bighorn Sheep Highway Deaths Last Week Failure to act has resulted in the death of at least four dead bighorn sheep over five days last week […] Read more
January 26, 2022 Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockies Grants The Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockies (CFKR) is now accepting applications for its 2022 community granting program in Elkford, […] Read more
January 25, 2022 Fernie Free Press 1899 to 1947 is Online Following an extensive digitization process, the Fernie Museum is sharing a digital archive of The Fernie Free Press from 1899 […] Read more
January 24, 2022 Fernie Riders Representing Canada – Updated This years top young riders representing Canada in the Freeride World Junior Championships (FJWC) will include Fernie’s Meghan Stewart and […] Read more
January 21, 2022 Special Public Avalanche Warning Includes South Rockies, Lizard Range and Flathead The Special Public Avalanche Warning issued Thursday, Jan. 20, has been expanded to include the South Rockies and Lizard Range regions. Read more
January 20, 2022 Terry Cryderman Receives George Majic Spiritus Award Well-loved Fernie local Terry Cryderman has been awarded the 2021 the George Majic Spiritus Award, given by Mayor Qualizza at […] Read more
January 17, 2022 RDEK Refers Galloway Lands Proposal Back to Staff A proposal to rezone property for subdivision in Electoral Area A adjacent to Fernie Alpine Resort has been referred back […] Read more
January 17, 2022 RDEK Board Approves Human Resources Plan The Regional District of East Kootenay Board of Directors approved the RDEK Human Resources (HR) Plan Friday morning, which will […] Read more