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Revelstoke resident Ryan Luscombe was found guilty of two counts of assault, uttering threats of violence and forced confinement after his ex-girlfriend testified against him in court last week.

There will be competition to be elected to the Revelstoke Board of Education this year, with six names so far registered for the November election.

Kootenay-Columbia MP David Wilks introduced a private member's bill that would amend the Canadian Criminal Code to add a mandatory minimum sentence of five years imprisonment for anyone convicted of abducting someone under the age of 16 years.

A request by the local Columbia-Shuswap Regional District area director to have a dozen residences located near Revelstoke Mountain Resort hooked up to the City of Revelstoke's water supply will have to wait until city staff study the proposal. This study could take weeks, even months. Even if the idea moves forward, it could take years before any pipe is laid.

The MAX molybdenum mine at Trout Lake will suspend operations at the end of October after factors including molybdenum prices, the high Canadian dollar and the quality of the ore being mined combined to make continued operation uneconomical.

The community of Revelstoke came together once again last week to remember a young man whose life was taken too soon.

Pat Bell's latest assignment is simple. As Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation, all he has to do is take B.C.'s success in reaching out to Asia for forest products, extend it to the rest of the economy, and make Premier Christy Clark's jobs plan work.

The Columbia Shuswap Regional District is promoting a long list of new items that can be recycled for free at the Revelstoke Bottle Depot as of Oct. 1, 2011.

The B.C. government has presented legislation to restrict mining and oil and gas development in the Flathead watershed in southeastern B.C., formalizing an agreement reached with Montana in 2010.

Revelstoke Secondary School students will be introduced to their beautiful new building next week when the move to the new high school begins in earnest.