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Jennie Ash will close the doors of Jennie’s Book Garden for the final time on December 24, 2012.

Chance to help the new West Kootenay Transit Committee and BC Transit shape the public transportation service.

Teck is pleased to announce the appointment of new vice-presidents, Keith Stein, Bill Fleming, Robin Sheremeta and Bob Kelly.

Maggie Stayanovich No Longer Trail Chamber Executive Director

Businesses, individuals and organizations recognized for energy conservation.

Early season record snowfall and over 50 centimetres in the last 24 hours gives Kicking Horse the perfect early opening, now scheduled for December 1st.

Columbia Basin Trust is making $150,000 available for projects that benefit Basin youth through two granting programs.

Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Bill Bennett announced today that Cabinet has approved the incorporation of Jumbo.

Kootenay Bay, BC - Yasodhara Ashram is now carbon neutral—the successful culmination of their five-year program to address the global warming crisis.

It's becoming a habit that Cranbrook Interior Woodwork is very proud of — capturing an annual award at the AWMAC BC Awards of Excellence.

The West Kootenay-Boundary region is full of innovative entrepreneurs, businesses and organizations.

The Columbia Valley Pioneer is reporting that the long time owners of Invermere’s biggest grocery store, Sobeys, have sold out to new ownership.

Mica Heli-Guides new state of the art luxury lodge is nothing short of spectacular!

The College of the Rockies Contract Training and Business Development department is providing high-quality training to local businesses and their employees.

Selkirk College Performs Well at KAST Spirit of Innovation Awards

Introducing the Kootenay DigiTech Awards! Win a Samsung tablet compliments of Staples.

Selkirk College renewable energy students are going to benefit from an enriched learning environment thanks to support provided by the Heritage Credit Union.

Fernie Alpine Resort on the powder highway in the Canadian Rockies, recently won the highly coveted award of being named the best ski resort in North America.

BC Hydro recently made a contribution to the College of the Rockies (COTR) Trades Training department.

One of the largest steel fabrication companies in Sparwood, Rayco Steel, continues to expand.

The KAST awards, held every four years, honour local businesses, organizations and individuals in four categories.

The Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) provides advice to Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) with a youth perspective on a variety of issues facing today’s youth.

Realtor Rick Pater, of Elk Valley Remax, is building a new commercial building on Sparwood's busy commercial strip, just off Highway #3.

The Mir Centre for Peace at Selkirk College and Allan Markin are pleased to host Dr. Cole Harris, a BC historian and geographer.

Tyler Scott of Blewett graduated with an Associate of Arts degree in Psychology from Selkirk College and won a major academic award.

Fairmont Hot Springs marketing manager Marion Garden notified everyone last week that she was leaving the resort.

Columbia Power wins two highly regarded 2012 Canadian Electricity Association Occupational Health and Safety Awards.

Canadian Mountain Holidays (CMH) based in Banff but operating primarily in the mountains of the B.C., has been awarded the 2012 Gordon Wilder Memorial Award.

Students from Golden’s three grade eight classes spent a day travelling around the town and its surrounding area in order to learn first-hand where their water comes from, where it goes after it’s used and how important it is to look after water and keep watersheds healthy.

Retiring 25-year veteran CEO of Kootenay Rockies Tourism, Chris Dadson, was recognized at the organization's annual general meeting in Kimberley last week. He started with the tourism destination organization then known as the Rocky Mountain Visitors Association (RMVA) in 1987.

Selkirk College is pleased to be hosting “Energizing the Kootenays: Workshops on Clean Energy Innovations with Mark Jacobson, Bill McKibben and Guests” on October 26 and 27, 2012.

College of the Rockies’ first aid team, consisting of Richard Marchand, Lee Jesse, Gale Brownlee and Aileen Boyd, took the prize as top team at the 21st Invitational Canadian Society of Safety Engineering First Aid Competition in Kamloops on September 15.

The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group is pleased to announce an important management promotion from within the company.

A remarkable success story, born in the U.S., is moving north of the border to take root in the City of Cranbrook thanks to the Cranbrook and District Chamber of Commerce.

Why is this man smiling? It's Tom Lymbery, owner of the Gray Creek Store on Kootenay Lake and advocate for the re-opening of the Gray Creek Pass who is very happy to see the unpaved forest service road, connecting the East and West Kootenay, finally open.

How has the climate in the Columbia Basin changed in the past, how is it projected to change in the future, what are the potential impacts and what can we do?

In what may be a first in Canadian media circles, the Invermere Valley Echo newspaper (published since 1956) and its upstart competitor, the Columbia Valley Pioneer, (published since 2003), have entered into a joint operating agreement.

College of the Rockies’ Kimberley campus, along with the Invermere and Fernie campuses, will be offering training to older workers thanks to a funding of $840,000 provided by the governments of BC and Canada through the Targeted Initiative for Older Workers.

Fernie's Loaf Bakery is now open in a new location in downtown Fernie.

According to a list recently published by Business in Vancouver newspaper, five of the top six mines in B.C., ranked by revenue, are located in the Elk Valley.

Canfor, B.C.'s largest forestry product company, is busy getting their shuttered Radium Hot Springs sawmill back into production.

August 2012 will be a month to remember in Field – the month someone turned the cellphones on.

One of Invermere's newest business, namely the Arrowhead Brewing Company, has been up and running since early this spring.

The Columbia Valley, from Spillimacheen to Canal Flats, will receive $200,000 a year for three years from Columbia Basin Trust (CBT), which it will use to fund valley-wide priorities.

One of the biggest infrastructure projects to happen in Kimberley in some time is well underway.

Koocanusa Publications and Kootenay Business magazine publisher Keith Powell presented three College of the Rockies (COTR) students with a $1,500 scholarship each at a recent Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

College of the Rockies president and chief executive officer Dr. Nicholas Rubidge announced during the September 13, 2012 regular meeting of the College Board of Governors that he will retire from his position in July of 2013.

The busy Cranbrook “Strip” is now home to Kodiak Homes, a modular home dealership which was located west of the city near Moyie Lake for about a year.

In a message to friends and colleagues Greg Garbula said, "It is with great sentiment that I send this message to inform everyone of my pending departure from Kokanee Springs effective September 30th, after sixteen years of fabulous experiences, it is time to go in a new direction."

A brand new building is being constructed in the Cranbrook Industrial Park called the Mosaic Building. It will be the home of the Key City Gymnastics Club which serves the Cranbrook and area.