Funding grass-roots rugby
NSW member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall is encouraging local rugby league clubs across the region planning to upgrade or build new facilities to...
Women’s awards
By TANIA PHILLIPS
WARWICK Women are being asked to nominate for the Queensland Rural Regional and Remote Women’s Network Strong Women Leadership Awards.
Locally-based awards organising...
Regional business closes
By TANIA PHILLIPS
AFTER 15 years of service, Preston Peak Wines’ Cafe at Toowoomba will close from Monday 28 April blaming “crippling weekend penality rates”...
Power decision still pending
By TANIA PHILLIPS
THE final decision on the route for the controversial new 110kV powerline from Warwick to Stanthorpe has yet to be made and...
Health tax stoush
QUEENSLAND Shadow Health Minister Jo-Ann Miller has welcomed the LNP’s decision to rule out a new Tony Abbott-inspired tax on public hospital emergency departments.
Ms...
Orchards blitz
FAIR Work Ombudsman inspectors are visiting apple and pear orchards in the Granite Belt all this as part of an ongoing focus on seasonal...
Mayor back in the chair
By TANIA PHILLIPS
SOUTHERN Downs Regional Council mayor Peter Blundell is receiving treatment for his manageable
condition, sarcoidosis, but is back at work this week.
Speaking from...
Life in his hands
A TRUCKIE who plucked a baby from a burning car on the Cunningham Highway late last year has been honoured nationally by being named...
Good sports give their best
By JOYCE MARSH
WHEN a sequence of events touches your heart it makes one realise there are so many charitable people in our midst.
One such...
Collective moves forward
WARWICK Collective celebrated its incorporation at The Cherry Tree at its second community meeting.
President Elizabeth Ure said the incorporation and not-for-profit status allowed the...
Carers help Steve soar
A GOOD Samaritan, a caring vet and a group of animal welfare crusaders have combined to give an injured goshawk, nicknamed Steve, a new...
Zumba funds for cancer
By LIA SPENCER
THREE years ago, Ken Hartnett received the devastating news that he had prostate cancer.
Following the diagnosis, he had eight weeks of radiation...
Snowflakes Saturday spectacular
Get ready for a frosty family adventure! On Saturday, 5 July, the Stanthorpe Showgrounds will be transformed into a captivating winter wonderland with real...
