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Premier Christy Clark took her seat in the B.C. legislature Monday, to square off with the NDP opposition for the first time since being selected as leader of the B.C. Liberal Party.

Environment Canada’s weather monitoring made a great leap forward with last week’s visit by EC technician Chris Cowan, part of a team from Environment Canada that comes to Nakusp once a year to service the weather station at the airport.

A Latin-inspired fitness trend has enthusiasts ready to Zumba for a cause in the Arrow Lakes region. The Second Annual Zumba Block Party set for Saturday, May 28 is once again getting reinforcements from the Okanagan.

Expect a decision on the Galena Bay ferry soon.

Rare music is playing in the West Kootenays, and the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program needs the public’s help to find its sources. With its unusual “bouncing ball” frequency, the seldom-heard love song of the endangered Western screech-owl is in high breeding season in the Arrow Lakes area, said Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program spokesman Angus Glass.

A request to move to an online bidding system for public projects met with discussion in the May 10 meeting for the Village Council of Nakusp. A preliminary recommendation of the need to go to digital bidding for projects over $350,000 in size was discussed.