Rainfall hopes
THERE were some useful rainfalls recorded in the district in the past week.
However farmers will still be looking skywards for more in coming...
Gallipoli ballot opens
THE ballot for places at the 100th anniversary Anzac Day commemorations at Gallipoli in 2015 is now open.
Member for Maranoa Bruce Scott said there...
Roadworks to slow Gap traffic
FLOOD repairs are underway on the Cunningham Highway near the top of Cunningham’s Gap.
The Department of Transport and Main Roads said loose material needs...
Honouring service
By STEVE GRAY
THE 2013 Armistice Day commemorated the end to two wars, the so-called Great War of 1914-18 and the Korean War which raged...
Rangers: The beginning
By STEVE GRAY
FOLLOWING our series of stories on the Cunningham Rangers, an original member has come forward to tell how the famed group began.
NOW...
Seniors’ garden inspires
By STEVE GRAY
THEY give new meaning to “house proud”.
The senior citizens at Regency Park retirement village have created their own immaculate gardens and they’ll...
Students in ’lock-up’
STUDENTS had their running speed clocked on radar when they visited Stanthorpe Police Station.
The distance education students from Groves Christian College and other local...
Diners come to rescue
THERE are no winners from domestic violence, but there is increased awareness.
Southern Downs Regional Council Mayor Peter Blundell’s CEO Challenge dinner on Saturday night...
Award via cyberspace
By STEVE GRAY
THANK heavens for Skype.
Warwick SES volunteer Roslyn Newley was to be recognised as Regional Member of the Year, but it had to...
A station for culture?
By STEVE GRAY
IT’S a huge, neglected, empty space, a vacuum in the middle of Warwick.
But plans are afoot which could see the old railway...
All aboard
Southern Downs Steam Railway keeps puffing along, thanks to its all-volunteer crew including David McInnes, left, Ed Diery and Gary Summerville, pictured on the...
Black hole in NBN zone
By STEVE GRAY
THE Southern Downs and Tenterfield have been left stranded as the National Broadband Network is forced to reconsider the service’s rollout.
According to...
Exciting new chapter
The recent Granite Belt Wine and Tourism (GBWT) AGM held on 29 October, 2024, at the Queensland College of Wine Tourism (QCWT) marked an...
