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Excitement was in the air Wednesday afternoon at the Penticton Community Centre as about 40 young swimmers from the KISU swim club became the first to dive, jump and, in one case, cannon-ball into the $23.3 million facility’s new pool.

RCMP Drug Task Force arrested a Penticton man with a substance that isn't commonly found in the area.

Okanagan Falls have started the beginning of their beautification project with the help of local wineries.

Mail service may shut down Friday unless Canada Post and its unionized workers reach a deal to avert a strike.

A Keremeos man has been charged with two counts of attempted arson and one count of assault and uttering threats at the Riverbed Bistro.

Osoyoos is introducing a water conservation bylaw restricting watering between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Spring may be in the air but so is the smoke from the distant wildfires burning in northern Alberta.

The streets, hotels and restaurants of Penticton were full of church-goers over the weekend as the United Church of Canada held its provincial conference at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre.

It may have been unseasonably cold and wet for Penticton’s Relay for Life event, but that didn’t stop people from the South Okanagan from doing their bit to help out with the fight against cancer.

They aimed for $5,000 but got more than double that while shaving about 40 heads, including those belonging to two long-time city councillors.