Kelowna

B.C. Highway Patrol says one of its officers was nearly struck by a speeding Kelowna driver in a BMW on Highway 97 last week, and the man behind the wheel admitted he didn’t see the officer because he was reading a text message.

Some residents of the Okanagan received a rude awakening early Saturday morning as a small earthquake struck west of Penticton.

Three people are facing charges in relation to the murders of Alannah Brown and Douglas Barker, almost three years after their remains were discovered north of Penticton, B.C.

The B.C. SPCA is crediting a Shih Tzu named Laynee with saving the lives of two tiny kittens in the Okanagan last week.

A search of a pickup truck at a B.C. border crossing last month yielded the largest-ever seizure of cocaine at that port of entry, according to officials.

The B.C. SPCA is out with a warning for pet owners after “at least one” dog’s death and multiple canine illnesses linked to toxic blue-green algae in a lake in B.C.’s Interior.

Police in the Okanagan are asking the public for help as they investigate what they describe as “a rash of break-and-enters into local golf course pro shops.”

An Okanagan man brought up in Penticton by a family that adopted him as an infant has connected with his biological First Nations family – but the joyous reunion has also opened decades-old wounds.

Long and steady lines stretched down the block outside a Kelowna bakery Tuesday, as hundreds turned out for a fundraiser in memory of Bailey McCourt.

British Columbia’s Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen has rescinded multiple evacuation alerts as the threat from a series of wildfires appears to have passed.

When James Plover was convicted on July 4 of choking someone and uttering threats, in a rage that also saw him destroy a table with a machete, his defence lawyer and the prosecutor took no issue with delaying his sentencing for up to 10 weeks, pending a psychiatric report.

Shock and heartbreak are rippling through B.C.’s cycling community after a tragic crash during the Okanagan Granfondo.

British Columbia’s minister in charge of water is asking residents to do everything they can to conserve the resource in the coming weeks, as the province faces elevated drought conditions in the southern Interior.

The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen has activated its Emergency Operations Centre and issued an evacuation alert after a new wildfire was discovered in its jurisdiction Friday night.

Officials from a B.C. construction union say it’s been four years since a crane collapse killed five people in Kelowna, and their families and the industry are still waiting for answers from WorkSafeBC about what happened, and from prosecutors about possible criminal charges.