Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

VANCOUVER - A lengthy first-degree murder trial for a former Kamloops lawyer accused of killing his client resumed this week out of Vancouver Criminal Law Courts. Rogelio 'Butch' Bagabuyo is charged i...

KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) will be administering aerial treatments for mosquitoes in the North Thompson Valley starting the week of June 2.It says the program will involve...

MERRITT, B.C. - The Kamloops branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) is seeking feedback as it conducts a needs assessment into its plans to offer free mental health training in Merrit...

SALMON ARM, B.C. - RCMP in the Shuswap are renewing a call for tips into a two-decades-old missing persons case, releasing a new age progression sketch.Raymond 'Ray' Kohout, left his home in Salmon Ar...

BLUE RIVER, B.C. - The highway maintenance contractor in the North Thompson says work to assess the repairs needed on a section of Highway 5 that was damaged by flooding over the weekend is underway, ...

KAMLOOPS - The trial has begun for a man accused of stabbing four people at a North Shore party days after the COVID-19 pandemic was declared. Michael Wayne Palmer, who was 43 years old at the time of...

KAMLOOPS - The month of May didn't follow suit to its predecessors when it came to precipitation in Kamloops. According to Environment Canada, nearly 11 millimetres of precipitation was recorded at Ka...

BLUE RIVER, B.C. - (UPDATE 7:30 p.m.): Highway 5 in the North Thompson has reopened with a single lane of alternating traffic, nearly 24 hours after it was closed because of flooding. In an update jus...

SHUSWAP - BC Hydro says it has called in all available resources as it works to restore power to hundreds of residents across the Southern Interior who are in the dark Sunday (June 1).According to the...

KAMLOOPS - The YMCA of British Columbia (YMCA BC) will operate a new 28 space day care at Parkcrest Elementary School, which is scheduled to open its doors this September. The Kamloops-Thompson School...