Chetwynd

A $190,000 facelift for the Chetwynd Public Library three years in the making is moving forward after the District of Chetwynd made an application to the Northern Development Initiative Trust (NDIT) for funding help this week.

The District of Chetwynd is getting a monetary boost from the regional district to help pay for major upgrades at its sewage treatment lagoons.

Russ Young has been in the trucking business long enough to see six boom-and-bust cycles in the oil and gas industry. The Young family runs Pine River Holdings Ltd.

University of Northern British Columbia masters student Tim Burkhart is in the enviable position of holding down his dream job before he has completed his thesis.

RCMP in Chetwynd say domestic violence is the main issue facing the town in recent years, followed closely by drug abuse. The two often go hand-in-hand according, to detachment commander Sgt. Olivia Tremblay.

RCMP have confirmed that a 53-year-old woman from Chetwynd who went missing yesterday, has been found safe and sound. RCMP confirmed Kirsten Palipane had been located Thursday morning. Police thanked the media and the public for their assistance.

Northern Health says it has recruited two new nurse practitioners to Fort St. John and another to Chetwynd. Michael Tantongco and Virginia Davis have already arrived in Fort St.

The District of Chetwynd has approved the sale of up to six of its chainsaw carvings.

If you've been along the boulevard walkway in Chetwynd lately, you might have noticed that some of the trees lining the route are missing. In the coming months, more of those poplars will be getting the axe.

Chetwynd's CHET TV made a case to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on Wednesday, asking the regulator for more local TV funding from cable and satellite providers.