Riders push the tempo
MOTORCYCLE Sportsmen of Queensland ran round two of the club’s 2013 championship, The Southern Downs Road Race Series on 6-7 July at Morgan Park...
Jump into jazz at regional showcase
By JONATHON HOWARD
THIS year’s jazz element for the 10th anniversary of the Jumpers and Jazz Festival is looking hot, according to organiser Tracy Vellacott.
“From...
Local hero needed to rival Toowoomba
By JONATHON HOWARD
THE hunt is on for the next phone book front cover photo and Warwick and Stanthorpe are up against long-running winner Toowoomba...
MPs cash in
By JONATHON HOWARD
THE Newman Government has revealed salary increases equating to as much as double that of previously estimated figures by the Queensland Premier,...
Anzac trip up for grabs
By JONATHON HOWARD
SOUTHERN Downs’ students went back to school this week for what will be a jam-packed third term.
Minister for Education, Training and Employment...
Mobile library is safe
THE Southern Downs Regional Council’s mobile library will be back up and running by the week beginning 22 July, after it was pulled from...
Expo outing a blooming success
By BEATRICE HAWKINS
The site was crammed with exhibitors with such a variety of wares on show that a day was not enough time to...
Crime surge in Tenterfield
By JONATHON HOWARD
TENTERFIELD crime rates have surged and police are calling for greater community information to help stem the tide.
March quarterly figures from the...
New rates on loans to improve farming production
By JONATHON HOWARD
SOUTHERN Downs farmers can now access lower fixed interest rate loans to cover the costs of entering primary production or improving production.
Agriculture,...
An eye for nature’s beauty
AWARD winning photographer, Sandra McEwan, known for her creative perspectives on nature will hold an exhibition at Lorenza’s Coffee Shop in Stanthorpe.
The opening will...
Surge in cost of living
By JONATHON HOWARD
SOUTHERN Downs household budgets were in the firing line this week with the State Government announcing a raft of cost increases designed...
Mole River Nursery beats the frost
By JONATHON HOWARD
MOLE River Native Nursery propagates and sells thousands of frost hardy native plants each year to farmers and landcare organisations throughout the...
Olympian back home
International professional caddy Luke Reardon was back on his home course at Stanthorpe at the weekend enjoying the stableford competition with his dad and...
