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Fluoride debate flushed

By SONJA KOREMANS FOR most, the public controversy over fluoridating the local water supply is a distant memory, ending late last year with...

Family loses all in fire

By SONJA KOREMANS THE house fire that killed a much-loved Warwick man has left his wife and daughter homeless and without any possessions. Police...

Backpacker law call

By SONJA KOREMANS POLICE are calling for a change of law to make it compulsary for international backpackers to sit a test before...

Electic mix art show

By SONJA KOREMANS WORKS from the region’s leading artists will be on display in Ballandean this week. It’s a Case of Art in the...

How you marked Anzac Day

  By SONJA KOREMANS SOUTHERN Downs residents turned out in record numbers to mark the centenary of the Gallipoli landing. Numbers at Anzac Day services across the...

Lamb prices on the rise

By SONJA KOREMANS BOOMING international demand for Aussie lamb is driving up the price of our favourite meat. That’s good news for farmers, but...

Time to honour our nurses

KNOW someone in nursing who deserves an award for their hard work? Darling Downs residents are being called on to nominate someone in the medical...

News in Brief

Capitals call THE Southern Downs Regional Council has made a bid for Warwick and Stanthorpe to be considered “regional capitals“. SDRC has provided a submission detailing...

Bush to battle

  By SONJA KOREMANS TENS of thousands of people will march though major cities on Anzac Day but there is nothing more enduring than the legend...

Disaster was a success

By SONJA KOREMANS THESE young adventurers may well be the police officers, ambos and firies of the future. They are among a group of...

Trek lasts a lifetime

By SONJA KOREMANS THEIRS was an unusual first date. A Warwick couple’s evening stroll to get to know one another after meeting at a...

Gone but not forgotten

  By SONJA KOREMANS THE centenary of the Anzac legend will be commemorated with great pride by these three young local descendants of World War I...

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Marking everyone’s service

As the nation prepares to honour its military heroes on Anzac Day, veterans from all walks of life convened at the RSL over the...

Porfolios are back

Wind farm abandoned