Reverse vending machines pledge
NORTHERN Tablelands MP Adam Marshall said the region would benefit from a re-elected NSW Government’s container deposit scheme, to help keep local towns clean...
Clean-up blow to roadside weed spread
WEEDS lining main roads have been given the heave hoe with the help of Southern Downs Regional Council (SDRC) and the Department of Transport...
Requests for sandbags unnecessary
SOUTHERN Downs Regional Council has knocked back requests for sandbags, saying there is no need to stockpile the flood mitigators as yet.
Council’s local disaster...
Flood warning as Cyclone Marcia lashes out
RESIDENTS living in valley areas across the Southern Downs are being urged to prepare for heavy rain and potential flooding, with Cyclone Marcia expected...
Running colours
By ALENA HIGGINS
THERE was plenty of colour on display in Stanthorpe on Saturday as hundreds took part in the Colour Run for juvenile diabetes...
NRL superstar amid leaders
By ALENA HIGGINS
IT’S been a busy few weeks for Scots PGC College with the school announcing its captains and leaders for 2015...
SOS call goes out
By ALENA HIGGINS
COMMUNITY-minded residents living outside of Stanthorpe are being encouraged to start their own ratepayers' and residents' associations to advocate for...
Thumbs up for green workshops
JERRY Coleby-Williams of ABC Gardening Australia fame is bringing his green thumbs to the Southern Downs to discuss innovative house and gardening ideas at...
Too bloody hard
By ALENA HIGGINS
GENEROUS blood donors living on the Southern Downs will now have to travel to Toowoomba to donate their life-saving reserves...
Last straw faces axe
By ALENA HIGGINS
A STANTHORPE woman who “lost everything” and re-emerged from rock bottom has spoken out about the community support program that...
Pooling cash for hoist
By ALENA HIGGINS
COMMUNITY members are being asked to make waves to raise much-needed funds for a pool hoist at WIRAC.
The recreation and...
Fund-raising is the colour of money
By ALENA HIGGINS
COLOUR Run organiser Kayla Jordan is still basking in the glory of a successful fund-raising mission.
The Stanthorpe local’s rainbow run...
The luck of the Irish
On a fine summer’s day a good field of ‘wannabe’ golfers lined up for a combined Irish Stableford sponsored by Jason Lawer and Jack...
