Conference stimulates debate
THE 80 delegates who attended the Australian Local Government Women’s Association (ALGWA) Queensland conference at Warwick last week have walked away felling "renewed, refreshed...
Power to the people
By ALENA HIGGINS
REGIONAL communities are poised to reap the most from environmentally-friendly developments and should "actively encourage" such profitable investments to the Southern Downs,...
Cool it on bins
SOUTHERN Downs Regional Council is reminding residents that hot ash from fireplaces should not be placed in domestic wheelie bins or taken to waste...
Cycleway to Saddlers estate complete
Council briefs
TENTERFIELD’S footpath and bikeway along the banks of Tenterfield Creek has been extended to Tenterfield Dam and Saddler’s Estate.
Council’s engineers used the contribution...
Time to retune
FREE-to-air TV channels in Stanthorpe and Warwick will change frequencies today while viewers in Goondiwindi will retune on 7 August.
The move will free up...
Chicken out
By ALENA HIGGINS
A GROUP of local landholders fiercely opposed to the development of a large poultry farm near Pratten has called an urgent public...
MP backs medicinal weed
IT’s a topic that’s received unprecedented attention of late, and now Tenterfield’s state MP has weighed in on the medical marijuana debate.
On Monday, Adam...
Pyjama angels fostering hope
YOU could be forgiven for thinking council staff had just got out of bed when they rocked up to the Warwick office dressed in...
Jumpers nearing the final wrap-up
By TANIA PHILLIPS
WITH record numbers in the first week, organisers are expecting a big turn-out as the Jazz and Jumpers in July Festival wraps...
Fire drums, country music
A BUMPER crowd gathered at the Killarney polo crosse fields on Saturday night to warm up and watch a magical display of fireworks.
The chilly...
Classic’s a Beauty
By ALENA HIGGINS
IT WAS lights, camera, action for a group of Assumption College students last week as they took to the stage to premier...
Kids jazz up their bikes
By TANIA PHILLIPS
IT WAS a colourful sight on Sunday as 13 children entered the “yarn bomb your bike competition” as part of this year’s...
Warwick Cowboy takes on world’s best
Warwick Cowboy Callum Miller is set to take on some of the best in the world this weekend in Edmonton in Alberta Canada.
The 30-year-old...
