RDKB agenda puts $25,853 toward Boundary community projects
RDKB agenda puts $25,853 toward Boundary community projects
Boundary Vital Signs report planned for 2027 as Phoenix Foundation seeks regional support
The Phoenix Foundation of the Boundary Communities is preparing a new Vital Signs report for 2027, the region’s first since 2019, and is seeking financial support from local governments and other organizations across the Boundary.
Drag racing set for Grand Forks Airport Sept. 26
Drag racing is scheduled for Grand Forks Municipal Airport later this month, with the Grand Forks Drag Race set for Saturday, Sept. 26.
RDKB updating decades-old floodplain maps in Rural Grand Forks, West Boundary
Some floodplain maps still used under the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary’s current bylaw date to 1992 and 1997, as the regional district develops new mapping for Rural Grand Forks and the West Boundary.
Opinion — E-bike riders are trail users too
The discussion around the recent wildfire-related off-road vehicle restrictions got me thinking about more than one temporary ban. It also brought out a lot of strong opinions about e-bikes, trail users and who belongs on our local trails.
Boundary election season begins as candidate nominations open Tuesday
The 2026 local election field begins taking shape Tuesday as prospective candidates across the Boundary become eligible to file nomination papers for municipal councils, regional district seats and the School District 51 board.
Boundary students return to class Sept. 8 as new school year begins
Students across School District 51 will return to class Tuesday, Sept. 8, with a shortened first day and classes running Tuesday through Friday during the opening week.
Wildfires squeeze West Kootenay SPCA as surrender wait list persists
The BC SPCA’s West Kootenay Community Animal Centre was temporarily holding community surrenders as of Aug. 28, keeping space available as the organization continued responding to animals displaced by wildfires.
Three fires on Hardy Mountain considered suspicious, investigation underway
The circumstances surrounding three separate wildfires on Hardy Mountain are considered suspicious after Grand Forks Fire Rescue responded to the fires within a period of several hours Friday night and early Saturday morning.
Air-quality warning ends for Boundary, though local smoke remains in Grand Forks forecast
An air-quality warning for wildfire smoke covering Grand Forks, Midway and Greenwood ended Sunday morning, although Environment Canada continued to forecast local smoke for Grand Forks on Monday. Environment Canada listed Boundary among the regions where the yellow warning had ended in a bulletin issued at 9:42 a.m. PDT Sunday.
Opinion: What Russia could learn from the Doukhobors
As I read the news from Kyiv this week, I find myself thinking back 131 years to a very different Russia, and to a group of people whose story is particularly familiar here in the Boundary.
Fire damages Jack Goddard Memorial Arena as crews work to save ice
A fire at the Jack Goddard Memorial Arena in Grand Forks early Wednesday damaged the building and left significant smoke damage inside as the arena prepared for the 2026-27 ice season.
Grand Forks and Midway tighten water use as drought bears down on the Boundary
Two Boundary communities are tightening outdoor water use as worsening drought and exceptionally low river flows put increasing pressure on the Kettle River watershed.
Got a Broadway song you’ve always wanted to sing? BMTS wants to hear it
There is a particular Broadway song almost every theatre fan carries around with them.
Maybe you’ve belted it out alone in the car, attempted in the shower or imagined singing it under stage lights — even if you’ve never auditioned for a musical.
Grand Forks firefighters cross response boundary to tackle wildfire
Grand Forks firefighters went beyond their contracted response area early Monday to attack a small wildfire in rural Grand Forks, containing its spread before turning the incident over to the BC Wildfire Service.
Recreational off-road vehicles banned on Crown land across Boundary
Recreational use of off-road vehicles is now prohibited on Crown land across the Boundary as B.C. officials try to reduce the risk of new wildfires during increasingly dry conditions.
Friendly poultry challenge aims to bring more animals back to Grand Forks Fall Fair
Grand Forks Fall Fair Vice President Natasha Stone has a challenge for Boundary residents with a particularly handsome rooster, prized duck or other barnyard contender: bring it to the Grand Forks and District Fall Fair.
New five-day museum pass connects three Boundary Country heritage sites
A new regional museum pass is giving residents and visitors a way to explore three different parts of Boundary Country’s history with one purchase.
Smoke hangs over Grand Forks as regional wildfires force evacuations
Grand Forks is not under an evacuation alert or order. No active emergency notice for the city or the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary appears on EmergencyInfoBC’s current wildfire list at the publication cutoff.
Province announces completion of Grand Forks flood-mitigation program
The provincial government announced July 17 that the Grand Forks Flood Mitigation Program, developed following the destructive 2018 flood, has been completed.