# Ledge Daily Watch source note — September 6, 2026

Checked: September 6, 2026 6:30 a.m. PDT.

## Official-source findings

- City of Greenwood public pages: greenwood_home: 200, greenwood_news: 200, greenwood_elections: 200, greenwood_council_meetings: 200, greenwood_staff: 200, greenwood_mayor_council: 200. City water and all-open-burning alert text was visible in page extracts; the City alert still includes campfires of any size and says the prohibition remains until noon October 31, 2026 or until rescinded.
- City elections page: nomination period September 1-11, campaign period beginning September 19, advance voting October 7 and General Voting Day October 17 remain visible in the pull. No accepted official candidate list was found in the pulled page text.
- eSCRIBE Sept. 8 Committee of the Whole agenda: public page loaded. Visible items include Doug Zorn / Grand Forks ATV Club presentation, UBCM Briefing Package, UBCM Briefing Package_CoW_Fire Hall.pdf, 32294 Fire Hall Letter Report.pdf, TPA Report Greenwood Fire Master Plan_Final.pdf, Minister Briefing Package_Fire Hall_2026 UBCM.pdf, and Administrative Report - Draft Version to Present to Council.
- eSCRIBE Sept. 8 Regular Council agenda: public page loaded. Visible items include August 10 minutes adoption, correspondence, Greenwood Heritage Society $10,000 grant-in-aid request, Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1049 fourth/final reading, and in-camera item under Community Charter 90(1)(e).
- Fire-hall source package: PDFs and extracted text saved under `research/daily-watch-2026-09-06-escribe/`. Text extraction found the minister briefing package says Greenwood is seeking full provincial capital funding for a compliant, post-disaster-rated fire hall; the Fire Master Plan text is a long service-review document and should be read before deeper claims.
- DriveBC weather regional API: Grand Forks and Rock Creek warning fields showed `no active warning object`. Last published pull showed `no active warning object`. Today forecast: Grand Forks: A mix of sun and cloud. 30 percent chance of showers this afternoon with risk of a thunderstorm. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High 24. UV index 5 or moderate.; Rock Creek: A mix of sun and cloud. 30 percent chance of showers this afternoon with risk of a thunderstorm. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High 24. UV index 5 or moderate.. Tonight forecast: Grand Forks: Partly cloudy. 30 percent chance of showers early this evening with risk of a thunderstorm. Low 9.; Rock Creek: Partly cloudy. 30 percent chance of showers early this evening with risk of a thunderstorm. Low 9.. Monday forecast period: Grand Forks: A mix of sun and cloud. Wind becoming west 20 km/h early in the afternoon. High 23. UV index 5 or moderate.; Rock Creek: A mix of sun and cloud. Wind becoming west 20 km/h early in the afternoon. High 23. UV index 5 or moderate..
- DriveBC emergency-alert API: empty list.
- EmergencyInfoBC homepage: current emergency pages were visible for other regions, but no Greenwood, Midway, Grand Forks, Rock Creek, Christina Lake, Boundary or Kootenay Boundary evacuation item was found in the text pull.
- DriveBC / BC Wildfire API near Greenwood: current under-100 km entries include N61319 (41.7 km, Under Control, 67.1 ha), N61846 (41.7 km, Under Control, 0.04 ha), N51996 (80.1 km, Under Control, 0.75 ha), N51938 (84.5 km, Being Held, 143.0 ha), N51207 (91.0 km, Under Control, 367.8 ha).
- Compared with the last published raw pull: no status, size or nearby-set change detected from the last published pull.
- DriveBC road events: no new close Boundary DriveBC road item found against the last published raw pull. Dropped from comparison set: no under-110-km DriveBC road items dropped from the comparison pull. Closest relevant items in the full pull: Spraggett Road (17.0 km): Utility work. Starting Thu Aug 13 until Wed Sep 30. All day, every day. Closed. Work happening between Carson Rd and Almond Gardens Rd W.  Road Closure planned.; Highway 3 (23.1 km): Utility work. Starting Mon Aug 10 until Fri Sep 18. Single lane alternating traffic. Watch for traffic control. Speed Limit restriction: 60 kmh. No work on Labour Day, September 4.; Highway 3B (56.5 km): Road construction. Starting Thu Jul 30. From 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM PDT, weekdays. Single lane alternating traffic. Watch for traffic control. Expect delays.; Highway 97 (58.0 km): Mowing. Starting Wed Sep 2 until Fri Sep 11. From 5:30 AM to 4:30 PM PDT, every day. Expect minor delays. Watch for crews and equipment.; Highway 3 (63.4 km): Ditch maintenance. Starting Tue Jul 21. All day, Wednesday to Friday. Single lane alternating traffic. Expect minor delays. Watch For Crews and Equipment,.; Highway 3B (75.4 km): Utility work. Starting Wed Aug 12 until Fri Oct 30. From 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM PDT, weekdays. Right lane blocked. Shoulder closed. 50km/h construction speed zone in effect 24/7. Storm main being replaced in the ditch. Eastbound left turns will be restricted for Phase II of the project.; N Naramata Road (93.1 km): Road construction. Starting Tue Sep 8 until Wed Sep 30. All day, every day. Single lane alternating traffic. Expect minor delays.; Highway 97 (97.2 km): Construction work. Starting Tue Sep 8. From 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM PDT, Tuesday to Saturday. Speed Limit restriction: 70 km/h. Gravel trucks hauling Tuesday to Friday 7:00AM to 5:00PM. Speed reduced to 50km/h during hauling operations. Watch for gravel trucks entering/exiting work zones and avoid following work vehicles into turning lanes..
- Community/institution pages: greenwood_museum: 200, greenwood_library: 200, greenwood_elementary: 200, sd51: 200. Greenwood Elementary/SD51/library/museum public text remains a community-story lead requiring named confirmation before feature coverage.
- eSCRIBE JSON endpoint status `error` with error `HTTPError: HTTP Error 500: Internal Server Error`; direct eSCRIBE agenda HTML supplied the agenda details above.
- RDKB public pages returned Cloudflare 403 to automated HTTP checks.
- Public/community checks: Facebook groups returned login-wall style pages or limited public shells; Facebook material remains lead-only unless readable and independently confirmed.

## Editorial handling

- Published as a dated Daily Watch brief because the public Sept. 8 agenda package contains fire-hall, structural-review, Fire Master Plan and UBCM briefing documents that affect emergency-service readiness and tax-base questions.
- Do not turn the fire-hall infrastructure package into a personnel/resignation story without named or official confirmation.
- Do not state that campfires are permitted inside Greenwood unless the City rescinds or updates its local notice.
- Do not present wildfire map points as evacuation alerts or all-clear notices.
- Do not list any person as an official 2026 candidate until an accepted nomination list, named statement or other verifiable candidate evidence exists.