Families and individuals with low incomes will soon have access to more affordable housing options when construction is complete on a new apartment-style building in central Penticton.

The public is urged to take extra care and caution near the Okanagan River due to high water levels.

South Okanagan business leaders gathered in Penticton to share ideas on how to attract and retain workers at a summit where the findings of a regional labour market strategy were released to the community.

Cantex-Okanagan Construction Ltd. of Penticton has won this year’s Deputy Minister’s Contractor of the Year Award in the category of grading for the Highway 97, 74 Mile to 76 Mile four-laning project located south of 100 Mile House.

Kokanee numbers for main valley Okanagan lakes are increasing, fall 2015 survey results show.

Most people would assume that, after raising nine children of their own, Penticton’s Edith van de Watering and her husband, Harry Niehe, were looking forward to an empty nest. However, Edith and Harry had other ideas.