Local News

Local group looks to eliminate child hunger

Central Okanagan charity breakfast program aims to eliminate hunger in our local school district

Dec 5, 2017 1:10 PM Read more >

Kelowna to get 103 more childcare spaces

Four groups to share $928,000 in provincial funds

Dec 5, 2017 10:08 AM Read more >

Woman rescued near Cherryville

UPDATE: Vernon woman OK after waiting 10 hours for someone to find her

Dec 5, 2017 9:30 AM Read more >

Police overwhelmed by Cram the Cruiser support

Lake Country and Kelowna raise over 880 pounds of donated items and $7,796.76 in cash and cheques

Dec 5, 2017 5:30 AM Read more >

Oliver shooting victim reportedly dies months later

The Western News is working to confirm reports Thomas Szajko, victim of April shooting, has died

Dec 4, 2017 6:14 PM Read more >

Penticton man found guilty of child porn charges

A Supreme Court justice said Jesse Prince’s ‘preposterous’ testimony ‘flies in the face of common sense’

Dec 4, 2017 4:42 PM Read more >

Families of missing pilot and girlfriend to start own search operation

Formal search for plane missing since Nov. 25 called off after nine days

Dec 4, 2017 3:00 PM Read more >

UPDATE: Man charged after hitting Lake Country fire engine

It could have been much worse, according to the Lake Country Fire Department

Dec 4, 2017 10:49 AM Read more >

UPDATED: Man found not guilty of sex assaults on South Okanagan minor

The alleged incidents were reported to have occurred between 2011 and 2012

Dec 4, 2017 10:26 AM Read more >

Oyama family sees house destroyed by fire

A Lake Country family is being forced to rebuild their lives after a house fire

Dec 4, 2017 10:11 AM Read more >