2.5 thousand Tomsk residents took part in the mass ski race "Russian Ski Track 2014" , which took place the day before at the Polytechnic stadium. The competition officially opened the new ski track "Path of Health". As Alexander Cherednichenko, consultant of the regional department for youth policy, physical education and sports, told the TV2 news agency, another 2 thousand skiers took part in the races in the regions of the Tomsk region. The races took place at three distances - 3.5 and 10 km.

The most problematic group of consumers in terms of debt for electricity from year to year remains housing and communal services enterprises. As of February 12, 2014, their receivables to Tomskenergosbyt amounted to 134 million rubles. During the heating season, the actual consumption of electrical energy by housing and communal services enterprises is not paid in full, and by the end of the next heating period their debt reaches a value corresponding to 2-3 months of consumption.

Friends and acquaintances of Konstantin Zhuravlev, who disappeared in Syria, began collecting signatures on the Internet in his support. Traveler Evgeny Kovalevsky told TV2 news agency about this. “Vladimir Peresedov showed the initiative. In my opinion, this is a traveler from Makhachkala who also tried to do something to free Kostya Zhuravlev. He decided to launch a signature collection campaign. He took my appeal as a basis. The idea is to form such a pool of positive energy.

Tomsk residents who have land plots under the right of lifelong inheritable ownership have the opportunity to re-register property documents free of charge.

In 2013, repair work was carried out at the Officers' House, which has been owned by the regional authorities for about a year, in particular, the roof was repaired. Experts assess the condition of the building as satisfactory. The head of the committee for the protection of historical and cultural heritage sites of the regional department of culture and tourism, Elena Peretyagina, reported this to the TV2 news agency.

Next week, specialists will arrive in the village of Shpalozavod, Parabelsky district, to take soil and water samples on the estate of local resident Alexander Martynov. The head of the regional department of natural resources, Alexander Adam, told the TV2 news agency. According to him, Tomsk specialists have already visited the village and began studying the water. The first test results showed that the water was dirty, but not mineral.

The teenager was detained during an administrative and preventive raid, reports the press service of the regional department of the federal drug control service. A young man, born in 1997, was detained in the area of ​​one of the discos on suspicion of being under the influence of drugs. During a personal search, about 45 grams of synthetic drugs were confiscated from him. For retail sales, the indicated volume of seized substances could be divided into 4 thousand “single doses”.

Veterans came to the authorities with the initiative to erect a monument to home front workers on Novo-Cathedral Square. Olga Kalinina-Sulakshina, director of the Art and Relevance gallery and curator of the project for the monument to home front workers, told the TV2 news agency.

Tomsk resident Yulia sent photographs of the “Share Your Kindness!” event to the editorial office of the TV2 news agency, which was held today by students of the Tomsk Agricultural Institute. They took to the streets of the city to distribute emoticons with good day wishes to Tomsk residents, backing up their words with sweet bonuses - caramels.

Today, the dismantling of the 25-meter artificial Christmas tree, which stood during the New Year holidays on Novo-Cathedral Square, was completed. Four specialists assembled the tree over the course of a week, but dismantled it in three days. Let us remind you that this year the artificial New Year tree was presented to Tomsk by the Gazprom Transgaz Tomsk company. The tree was produced in Kolomna, near Moscow. They brought her to us for almost a week on an 18-meter road train.

I would never buy a wedding dress from an online store. Everything else is easy. Clothes, cosmetics, spare parts, even an electric guitar came to us from behind the border. The latest purchase is a Finnish winter overall for a child. I look at him - delight. Such quality. Before that, I tried to buy a winter suit in stores, but it didn’t work out. Chinese clothes from the “three ruble bucket” series, and the price is no less than six thousand rubles.

Report of a fire in the well of a thermal chamber on the street. Novo-Achinskaya was received the day before at 17:44. Garbage caught fire in the heating main, Evgeniy Pinchukov, press officer for the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Tomsk Region, told the TV2 news agency. “Trash burned in the well over an area of ​​25 square meters. After the liquidation, firefighters discovered the charred body of a man, presumably of no fixed abode,” Pinchukov said.

Residents of the village of Sloboda Volnaya decided to dedicate the holiday not just to couples in love, but also to start a tradition - sharing love and festive mood with their neighbors. 9 families decided to participate in the family hearts competition and decorated them with photographs, embroidery and flowers. The adults set the table with homemade cakes and snacks. Cheerful actors occupied the children with competitions and games.

The “Drunk Driver” preventive event took place in the region from February 14 to 16. Employees of the regional traffic police reported this to the TV2 news agency. In total, 73 drivers were detained during the raid; inspectors filed administrative charges against 28 of them for driving while intoxicated, and another 45 for refusing to undergo a medical examination for intoxication. “In addition, 27 drivers who were driving vehicles without driver’s licenses were detained,” the statement said.

The principal of a North Carolina school and his assistant initially informed students that school was canceled due to bad weather.