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Skid Row and Buckcherry are set to storm the stage at the South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton this fall. (Submitted)

Skid Row and Buckcherry head to Penticton in October

The bands are co-headlining The Gang’s All Here tour

Skid Row and Buckcherry are set to storm the stage at the South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton this fall. (Submitted)
B.C. Supreme Court chambers at the Penticton Law Courts on Main Street. (File-Western News)

Conditional sentence for man who broke into Oliver winery

Since leaving custody he’s stayed clean and found a new job

B.C. Supreme Court chambers at the Penticton Law Courts on Main Street. (File-Western News)
William ‘Bill’ Frank Rotheisler, was the head coach for the Castlegar Rebels in 2018. (Chelsea Novak/Castlegar News)

Trial for former hockey coach accused of voyeurism in Penticton set for 2024

William Frank Rotheisler was charged in 2022

William ‘Bill’ Frank Rotheisler, was the head coach for the Castlegar Rebels in 2018. (Chelsea Novak/Castlegar News)
First responders working on an overdose victim in Penticton in September, 2022. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)

Penticton Chamber concerned after Interior Health asks for delay to open substance use ban

The local chamber issued a letter opposing any delays to the proposed bylaw

First responders working on an overdose victim in Penticton in September, 2022. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)
Contaminated drugs in the South Okanagan have been described as having a high risk of an overdose and a high risk of a fatal overdose by Interior Health. (Interior Health)

Interior Health issues 4th fatal overdose drug warning in 4 weeks in Penticton

Drug being sold as down carries high risk of overdose or nodding out for a long time

Contaminated drugs in the South Okanagan have been described as having a high risk of an overdose and a high risk of a fatal overdose by Interior Health. (Interior Health)
The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. is recommending charges for a Highway Patrol officer after a 2022 crash that injured two civilians. (Black Press Media file photo)

RCMP officer involved in South Okanagan crash could face charges

B.C. police watchdog recommends charges after the 2022 crash involving a civilian pickup

The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. is recommending charges for a Highway Patrol officer after a 2022 crash that injured two civilians. (Black Press Media file photo)
RCMP in front of the Maples where a shooting allegedly took place on the morning of April 18. (Logan Lockhart - Western News)

UPDATE: One in hospital with serious injuries after shooting near Penticton elementary school

The school went into a hold-and-secure state out of an abundance of caution

RCMP in front of the Maples where a shooting allegedly took place on the morning of April 18. (Logan Lockhart - Western News)
Lower Mainland gang members have been arrested and charged in the murder of Naramata’s Kathy Richardson. (File photo)

Third Lower Mainland gang member charged after arrests in murder of Naramata woman

Charges of conspiracy to commit murder were filed for a shooting in Prince George the month before Richardson’s murder

Lower Mainland gang members have been arrested and charged in the murder of Naramata’s Kathy Richardson. (File photo)
Timea Borvas and Eva Poloskey put together a box of chocolates. Poloskey, owner of Accent Chocolate in Penticton, is handing down the reins to Borvas and Nikoletta Tormas. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)

After nearly 3 decades of sweet success, Penticton’s Accent Chocolate passes the torch

Eva and Les Poloskey are retiring, but not before they’ve trained their successors

Timea Borvas and Eva Poloskey put together a box of chocolates. Poloskey, owner of Accent Chocolate in Penticton, is handing down the reins to Borvas and Nikoletta Tormas. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)
Cocaine cut with fentanyl has been connected to multiple overdose incidents including multiple fatalities in the Interior Health region. (IH)

Multiple fatal overdoses connected to contaminated cocaine in Interior Health region

A drug alert warning of high risk of fatal overdose was issued on April 13

Cocaine cut with fentanyl has been connected to multiple overdose incidents including multiple fatalities in the Interior Health region. (IH)
Scales of Justice (File photo)

‘Medicine man’ facing 6 sexual assault charges in Penticton

The man was offering “healing therapy” where the alleged offences took place

Scales of Justice (File photo)
Penticton law courts. (File photo)

Warrant issued after trial no-show in Penticton

Amos James Atkins was due in court to face multiple charges

Penticton law courts. (File photo)
Chris Mathieson marked 10 years as general manager of the Grist Mill and Gardens heritage site in Keremeos on April 1. (Grist Mill and Gardens/ Facebook)

‘Come back and see it’: Keremeos Grist Mill manager keeps on trucking 10 years later

Chris Mathieson took over operations at the Grist Mill in 2013

Chris Mathieson marked 10 years as general manager of the Grist Mill and Gardens heritage site in Keremeos on April 1. (Grist Mill and Gardens/ Facebook)
A trailer was burnt down after a brush fire off the KVR Trail near the Penticton Airport. (Brennan Phillips- Western News)

Update: Brush fire near Penticton Airport brought under control

A fire on Airport Road has already destroyed at least one building

A trailer was burnt down after a brush fire off the KVR Trail near the Penticton Airport. (Brennan Phillips- Western News)
Kelowna Supreme Court. (Black Press File)

Oliver man guilty of grooming, sexually abusing developmentally delayed teen

The man abused the teen for multiple years

Kelowna Supreme Court. (Black Press File)
The Chopaka Rodeo is back on April 9 after a brief hiatus. (Keremeos Review - File)

55th Chopaka Rodeo south of Keremeos kicks off April 9

The event returns this year after a pandemic hiatus

The Chopaka Rodeo is back on April 9 after a brief hiatus. (Keremeos Review - File)
The Ooknakane Friendship Centre in Penticton (Western News File)

More lawsuits filed against Penticton Indigenous friendship centre for ‘wrongful termination’

The Ooknakane Friendship Centre has already been sued by its former executive director

The Ooknakane Friendship Centre in Penticton (Western News File)
File photo

Former Princeton businessman unfit to stand trial due to dementia

Randy Folk was charged with assaulting a peace officer in 2022

File photo
A firefighter descends the ladder truck after checking on the upper floors of the Clarence House apartment building after the fatal fire on Oct. 27, 2020. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)

Two lawsuits filed over Penticton apartment fire that killed 2 in 2020

The lawsuits are against a couple for allegedly causing the fire

A firefighter descends the ladder truck after checking on the upper floors of the Clarence House apartment building after the fatal fire on Oct. 27, 2020. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)
Police and the Emergency Response Team surrounded a home on 9th Avenue in Keremeos on March 24. After an hours-long stand-off, five were arrested. (Joe Lebeau Facebook)

Five arrested after break-in turns to standoff in Keremeos

No injuries were reported after the hours-long incident on March 24

Police and the Emergency Response Team surrounded a home on 9th Avenue in Keremeos on March 24. After an hours-long stand-off, five were arrested. (Joe Lebeau Facebook)