This week on the farm
The goats cooperated well enough this time going into the yards.
Even the wether that managed to avoid going to the sale for two...
Council is doing its best on roads, Burges says
Southern Downs Regional Council has defended its work on roads across the region, stating it is doing the best it can.
Chief executive Dave Burges...
Editor’s Desk
I’ve called the Southern Downs home for going on a year and a half, and it’s very bittersweet for me to announce that this...
Crs clash over meeting schedule
Southern Downs councillors clashed over the meeting schedule for next year at the recent Ordinary Council Meeting.
Councillors were tasked with approving the meeting schedule...
Vale Steve McEvoy
Stephen Ross McEvoy was born in Mt Isa on 16 March 1960, to Jean and John.
He was second in the family to his...
Mixed feelings on wind farm
Several Karara residents voiced mixed feelings at the Acciona Energia Herries Range Wind Farm community information session last week.
While locals support renewable energy technologies,...
A native flora workshop with Botanist Rod Fensham this weekend
Indigenous plants for health will be the focus of a two-day workshop being held on Saturday 19 – Sunday 20 November at the beautiful...
A strong advocate and voice for those that need it: our teachers celebrated
Local teaching was celebrated at Toowoomba Catholic Schools’ annual Excellence Awards, held on 2 November.
The awards identify and showcase practitioners who model, demonstrate and...
Lest we forget
The Stanthorpe community paused on 11 November at 11am to remember Australians who have given their lives in war.
On 11 November 1918, the guns...
Fraser’s family fun on the farm
How to be a stay at home working mum on a 20 acre farm at Stanthorpe?
Katrina Fraser’s solution was to set up a tree...
A Fatal Tractor Rollover and two Accidents have kept Emergency Services busy
One fatal accident and two potentially serious incidents have kept Emergency Services busy around Stanthorpe the last couple of days.
A 76-year-old man has died...
Jester Hill takes out prestigious award
Jester Hill winemakers Mick and Ann Bourke have won the Samuel Bassett Award for their amazing contribution to the Queensland Wine Industry, along with...
Wieambilla shootings ‘not a terrorist act’: coroner
Three conspiracy theorists had shared delusions but did not carry out a terrorist act when they ambushed police in an attack that killed six...
