Fangs a lot for Careflight
IN A typical year RACQ CareFlight Rescue airlifts around five people suffering snake bites.
In just the past month six people been airlifted - a...
CEO flags new hopes for 2014
A CROSS-BORDER agreement with Tenterfield Shire is among the achievements for Southern Downs Regional Council in 2013, according to CEO Andrew Roach.
He listed the...
Shire faces review
By STEVE GRAY
THE Information Commissioner will review Tenterfield Shire Council’s refusal to release details of staff wages.
The Tenterfield Progress Association (TPA, formerly Tenterfield Rates...
Highway crashes
Warwick Police
TWO trucks have crashed at almost the same spot on the New England Highway at The Glen, just south of Warwick, in separate...
Drugs seized
STANTHORPE POLICE
A 34-YEAR-OLD male passenger is being charged with possessing a quantity of cannabis and seeds after the drugs and other material in the...
Stingers end pursuit
POLICE used stingers to puncture the tyres of an allegedly stolen car on Sunday night after it had evaded them in Wallangarra.
Queensland police were...
Call for local councillors
By STEVE GRAY
THEY didn’t save the shire, but they are hoping to restore local representation to the Southern Downs Regional Council.
Save Our Shire Stanthorpe...
Scott rings changes for mobiles
THE Federal Government has $100 million to spend on improved mobile phone coverage, and Member for Maranoa Bruce Scott wants your input.
“The Coalition made...
Give way rules
SOME drivers seem confused by road crossings that are designated as “shared zones”, such as those in Palmerin Street, Warwick..
While care and consideration is...
Heat no problem for local bats
THE Southern Downs appears to have escaped the many flying fox deaths that have plagued areas east of the range since last week’s heatwave...
A volunteer hero
By STEVE GRAY
BETTE Bonney works well over 40 hours a week as a volunteer, and her enthusiasm is catching.
Along with her other voluntary commitments,...
Chamber off track, says council
By STEVE GRAY
THE Warwick Chamber of Commerce and Industry has been rebuffed by the Southern Downs Regional Council over its campaign to reinvigorate the...