Illegal dumping reduced following lock-ups
Southern Downs Regional Council’s director of planning and environment Ken Harris said that the council had already seen reductions in illegal dumping following the...
General manager resigns
Tenterfield Shire Council now has three senior vacancies after general manager Jim Gossage resigned last Thursday.
Although Mr Gossage doesn’t officially finish until Friday, February...
Fire incident at transfer station
From about 2am on Monday, January 2, Tenterfield Shire Council has been coordinating and working towards extinguishing a fire at the Tenterfield Waste Transfer...
Health concerns sparked by fire
Tenterfield’s Graham Foan says a number of residents became ill following last week’s fire at the Tenterfield Waste Transfer Station.
Mr Foan, who lives...
Slade deal almost done
Story: Rebecca Brown
By the time of the local government election in March, a contract for the purchase of Slade Campus between the Southern Downs...
Resident ignored
Tenterfield’s Violet Baker just wants to be able to restart her recycling operation – a facility that is supported by the vast majority of...
Wallangarra forgotten
To say members of the Wallangarra community are irate is an understatement.
With some residents already saying that they feel the Southern Downs Regional Council...
Caution on its way
Tenterfield Shire Council will receive its second caution in less than a year from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); the latest caution comes as...
A new year of temptation
Tenterfield is tempting artists and poets, with the Brush with Verse art prize, returning for 2012 with $4000 worth of spoils.
Creative residents are urged...
Energy efficient resolution for 2012
Ausgrid is encouraging households to take a few simple steps to cut energy use and make 2012 an energy efficient year.
Ausgrid energy efficiency expert...
Comet soars in our sky
A magnificent comet soars in the southeastern sky with Comet Lovejoy (C/2011 W3) discovered by a Queensland amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy on November 27....
Write stuff
Authors often speak about receiving several rejection letters from publishing companies before they finally hit the jackpot.
Yet it was a completely different story for...
A safe and supportive school environment
Nestled amongst shady gum trees at the top end of town, Glennie Heights has the added advantage of being the smallest state school in...
