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Lines drawn in carp battle

By ALENA HIGGINS CARP in the Condamine River were under attack last Sunday as fishing enthusiasts played their part in eradicating the destructive...

Smokers told to butt out

TENTERFIELD Shire residents will no longer be able to smoke in the state’s national parks after the NSW Government banned the practice. The ban, which...

Sidewalk chalk time

By TANIA PHILLIPS STANTHORPE is set to get a colourful temporary make-over this Christmas, thanks to the local Chamber of Commerce. THE Stanthorpe Chamber...

Get bugs on the run

IMAGINE a world where common bacterial infections such as pnemononia, strep throat and ear infections couldn’t be treated. This could become reality if anticrobial resistance...

And it’s finally over

By CASEY O’CONNOR THE rugby league season has finally come to an end. We seem to have been watching rugby league and talking about it...

Government urged to cut the fat

By ALENA HIGGINS NEWS local hospitals will receive new medical equipment to assist with the care of morbidly obese patients follows renewed calls...

Food futures forum

GROWERS of all commodities are invited to attend an exciting information session on The Future of Agriculture from the Border to an Asian Delicatessen...

A little music goes a long way

By TANIA PHILLIPS THERE used to be a time when ukeleles were scorned instruments, only seen in Hawaiian movies and played by children...

Pretty town moves forward

YANGAN is a pretty town with historic buildings and lovely parks set in the glorious Swanfels Valley. The town became known as Yangan in 1887,...

Councils face road network rundown

By ALENA HIGGINS A DAMNING new report on local roads has revealed that councils cannot afford to bring crucial infrastructure up to scratch. Commissioned...

Campaigner has last say

By ALENA HIGGINS A PASSIONATE suicide prevention campaigner has given himself one last task before stepping down next week. Johno Felton, director of Warwick...

Bariatric equipment: What each hospital will get

WARWICK Five pieces, including: * Shower commode chair * Wheelchair * Walker * Hovertech HoverJack (a device that inflates to safely lift large patients to bed or stretcher height,...

Club donates $5000

The Condamine Sports Club has raised $5000 for Warwick-based women’s support service WillowTree 37, following another successful annual charity Golf Day held last month. The...

Huge bovine leap