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Bikies ride through town

Police briefs WARWICK police intercepted two members of the Rebels Motorcycle Club on drug driving charges last week. Following the news a bikie meeting was being...

Summer snake season slithers in

By DANE LILLINGSTONE SUMMER is almost here and that means our slithery friends will be out in force but snake handlers have reinforced the message...

Council meeting crosses borders

A CROSS-border meeting of local governments, councillors and politicians has taken place in Wallangarra to discuss strategic ties between the Southern Downs and Tenterfield...

Cookbook fights cancer

By DANE LILLINGSTONE NOVEMBER is lung cancer awareness month - the disease is one of the leading causes of death in Australia with 11,000 people...

Warwick welcomes new college

By DANE LILLINGSTONE THE Southern Downs has officially welcomed a new college to the region. Keystone College in Warwick has been in operation since June this...

The time of first contact

By ROBERT MACMAURICE PROBABLY the first European person to meet a Kambuwal person (Gambuwal and other variations of spelling are also documented) was...

Election looms in ballot bungle backdrop

By DANE LILLINGSTONE LOCAL government elections are inching closer by the day with confirmation this past week of the returning officer for the Southern Downs...

Backpackers welcomed, caution sounded

By DANE LILLINGSTONE SOUTHERN Downs Regional Council has held its first welcoming session for backpackers. On Friday at the Stanthorpe Civic Centre, councillors, Stanthorpe police and...

Magic in Stanthorpe

THE Golden Grove Estate Winery in Ballandean hosted a day of music, food and fine wine on Saturday as a fund-raiser for local Stanthorpe...

Bike network for Downs

Council briefs A CYCLE network could be coming to the Southern Downs as part of an initiative from the Queensland Department of Main Roads. The Principal...

New exhibitions for gallery

By DANE LILLINGSTONE THE Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery has welcomed two new exhibitions. On Friday night the official opening was held for the photography-based ‘Treasures Past’...

Horror highway fatalities

AN accident on Saturday on the Cunningham Highway has resulted in the death of an elderly couple. Police said the man and woman, both aged...

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Boosting volunteers in the region

Community organisations across Southern Queensland are gearing up for positive change as they receive a significant boost from the federal government's Volunteer Grants program....