Local News

Police are now releasing the names of the two people killed in the head-on highway collision near Vanderhoof on Sunday.

Prince George students graduating from high school will receive a special pass good for two days of unlimited travel on the city's transit system this month.

The application deadline has been extended until Thursday, June 10 for the Raise-a-Reader Writer's Camp, hosted by UNBC.

Prince George school board trustees gave two readings Tuesday to a $126.5-million budget that will see 79 fewer positions on the school district's payroll for 2010-11 in an effort to balance the budget in the face of declining enrollment.

The recession and resource downturn cut a deep swath through the Cariboo region's economy last year but some economic gains were made, according to a "regional check-up" released Wednesday by the Chartered Accountants of B.C.

The local B.C. Automobile Association will be holding a draw on July 12 for a child car seat.

Upgrades to the mechanical systems at Carney Hill elementary and Mackenzie secondary schools are in store for this year under a five-year capital plan approved by school board trustees on Tuesday. The Carney Hill project will cost $1.

School board trustees approved construction Tuesday of new playgrounds at Vanway and Giscome elementary schools this summer.

The Citizen's readership is the highest it's been since 2003, according to the Newspaper Audience Databank (NAD) 2009 readership survey. NAD is a non profit organization in Toronto that conducts readership surveys every two years via telephone.

An electrical issue that halted the Citizen press yesterday night has now been fixed. The motor was knocked out by a power surge in the control panel. A decision was made at 11 p.m.