I had a wonderful two weeks off. And when I say off, I mean off.

I read books. I went for runs. I sat outside. I had a glass or two of wine. I spent time with the people I love and, for perhaps the first time in a very long time, I didn’t do much of anything.

Castle Mountain Resort will celebrate three decades of one of its largest summer traditions when the Huckleberry Festival returns Saturday, Aug. 22.

The Regional District of East Kootenay Board has voted 12-3 to stop changing clocks twice a year and remain on Mountain Daylight Time year-round.

Fire restrictions have eased within the Crowsnest Pass urban service area, but residents travelling into neighbouring jurisdictions could still face campfire and off-road vehicle bans.

For the next two weeks, the Pass Herald office will be quiet. The phones won’t be ringing, there won’t be another Wednesday deadline staring me in the face and, for the first time in months, I’ll be able to slow down just a little.

Crown Mountain Resources says it is preparing a revised environmental assessment application for its proposed steelmaking coal mine near Sparwood after completing a major stage of the provincial review.