Jake Courtepatte

Merritt residents will once again have access to local backcountry at noon on Aug. 28, when the city will rescind its restriction and closure of forested areas.

With up to nine millimetres of rain falling over the Ainslee Creek wildfire boundaries, more downgrades of evacuation orders and alerts have come down from the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. An order for the area of Coldwater Road/Patchett Road, which includes approximately 58 properties, has been moved to an alert as residents are permitted to return […]

The Nicola Valley Hospital emergency department will once again be closed for more than a full day from Monday morning until Tuesday morning.

Despite a bevy of new faces and names on backs of jerseys, it was a familiar foe that the Centennials met for the pre-season opener on Friday, Aug. 28.

Weekend rain brought reprieve for those battling the Ainslie Creek wildfire west of Merritt with seasonal temperatures expected to return on Monday and Tuesday, before more rain in the forecast beginning Wednesday.

Merritt Mounties are asking for the public’s help in determining how one man was left in hospital following a shooting on Saturday night.

With fall around the corner, Category 1 campfires will once again be permitted in the Nicola Valley later this week.

The Ainslie Creek fire is no longer a Wildfire of Note according to the BC Wildfire Service, after an extended period of favourable weather.

Crews continue to make progress on the Ainslie Creek wildfire as for the first time since it was discovered on July 4, the fire burning west of Merritt is classified as Being Held. The downgrade comes two days after BC Wildfire Service declared the 68,000-hectare wildfire to no longer be a Wildfire of Note, with […]

Councillor Wendy Charney is throwing her hat in the ring in seeking a second term on Merritt City Council. First elected in 2022, Charney told the Herald that there is still work to do after gaining a “much deeper understanding of how our city works” in her first term. “Meaningful progress takes time. I’d like […]