RSL celebrates centenary
MORE than 250 from throughout the Southern Downs were on hand at the Warwick RSL Memorial Club on Saturday to celebrate the formation of...
Bidding for a bargain
ALLORA came alive for the 41st Allora Community Auction on Sunday morning.
About 200 volunteers from 30 local charities worked together booking goods in, assisting...
Cracker night all right
By TANIA PHILLIPS
CRACKER night at Tenterfield is a big night for the young and old, and this year was no exception.
There was plenty of...
Police briefs
Tax scam
STANTHORPE police are fielding a number of inquiries from people reporting a scam allegedly involving the Australian Tax Office.
According to officer in...
Dave’s health ticket for Maranoa
MARANOA Federal Labor candidate Dave Kerrigan visited Stanthorpe again recently to meet and talk with people in the area.
He was joined by Senator...
Students get with the program
STUDENTS at Warwick’s West School are offered a rich program of extra-curricular activities including technology, but for Grade 2 recently technology meant a history...
Council poised for after-hours savings
SOUTHERN Downs Regional Council (SDRC) will trial new on-call arrangements for critical after-hours council services, for a three-month period, starting on 21 June.
SDRC...
Mum’s day made extra special
MOTHER’S Day was extra special for Glen Alpin resident Michelle Repo with the perfectly timed arrival of her third baby.
Little Jesse Jarmo Repo...
Labor in the box seat as big fields enter contest
By TANIA PHILLIPS
LABOR’S Dave Kerrigan has drawn top spot on the ballot for next month’s Federal Election for the seat of Maranoa.
Held by...
Young leaders impress Council
NINE young Southern Downs residents had the ear of the council late last week as they worked towards developing a Youth Action Plan for...
Knitters have big knack for city squares
By TANIA PHILLIPS
THE yarnbombers of the Southern Downs are almost ready to spin a yarn about a knitted garden - or at least they...
Dance lessons get the joint rockin’
ROCK 'n' roll has arrived in Tenterfield, and those who have succumbed are singing its praises.
Tenterfield Think Fit’s Karen Wells raised the idea of...
Beef producers bullish
Queensland beef producers are driving a lift in the state’s rural confidence, the latest Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey found.
The combination of favourable seasonal conditions...
