A lightning storm that swept through the West Kootenay on Wednesday afternoon left its mark in pockets of the region.

KOOTENAY'S FIRE DYING.; Burned Path Fifty Miles Long and One to Ten Miles Wide. Share full article. Aug. 5, 1908. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

A June fire at an elementary school in Cranbrook has displaced the school’s 240 students and dozens of teachers, who are now spread out over other schools in the East Kootenay community.

An out of control wildfire caused by lightning in Kootenay National Park, in British Columbia near the Alberta border, continues to grow. The blaze, which started burning in the Mitchell Ridge ...

According to a Regional District of Central Kootenay statement issued at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday July 27, all village residents must leave by Sunday at 8 a.m. on the advice of the B.C. Wildfire Service.