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Tourism get-together

By ALENA HIGGINS A TOURISM transition group commissioned by Southern Downs Regional Council to find economies of scale has recommended council merge its...

Water woes worsen

HIGH level water restrictions have been triggered across the Southern Downs as dam levels continue to plummet. Effective immediately, Warwick, Yangan, Allora, Dalveen, Pratten,...

Grain – drain on health

By ALENA HIGGINS A MAJOR grain storage facility at Allora causing environmental harm will be forced to clean up its act. Complaints regarding noise...

Grapes go sour

By ALENA HIGGINS FINANCIAL allegations have emerged against Stanthorpe’s iconic Apple and Grape Harvest Festival. Complaints have been made regarding the handling of a...

Christmas on the flats

By ALENA HIGGINS FOR the third year in a row, the Bell family will be running a Christmas light show spectacular set to...

Families on the right note

Visitors won’t see the world-famous Osmonds or the Jackson Five, or Australia’s Jimmy Barnes and his troupe of musical offspring, but they will see...

Surch finds winning formula

By ALENA HIGGINS RONNIE Surch has always held a soft spot for the Aussie battler. First time buyers and pensioners were the Warwick car...

Focus on little champion

By CASEY O’CONNOR THE world’s focus this past week has undoubtedly been on the tragic death of Phil Hughes. We have witnessed unprecedented outpourings...

Laughs along the way

THE Toowoomba Hospice is holding its annual Clifton trivia night at the Club Hotel this Saturday. Hospice promotions and fundraising manager Mark Munro said it...

Fines on the way

By ALENA HIGGINS RESIDENTS found breaching tighter water restrictions could be hit with a fine after a council director signaled his intent to...

Missing in action

Stanthorpe Police Reports A NUMBER of property-related offences were reported over the past week. A Honda water pump was stolen from a rural...

Sponsors on song

THE Carols in the Park sponsorship family was extended last week with the announcement that the YMCA will commit to sponsorship of the 2014...

Milestone, to the minute

It’s not often that a meeting is given a commemorative celebration of its own, but in Stanthorpe on Saturday night (8 November) members and...

Toast of the town