Finance crisis impasse
By JONATHON HOWARD
TENTERFIELD Shire Council has been accused of failing ratepayers as the shire falls further into a financial crisis, according to Tenterfield Progress...
Globe-trotter on luxury cruise
Jonathon Howard
BORED and unable to work daily on his cattle property at the age of 95, Killarney resident, Bruce Mackenzie, decided it was again...
Buckle up for budget pain
By JONATHON HOWARD
SOUTHERN Downs Regional Council is under strict instructions to tighten its belt and find new sources of State or Federal funding for...
Power plan crosses the line
By JONATHON HOWARD
SOUTHERN Downs’ residents have raised fresh concerns over the need for another power line from Warwick to Stanthorpe, as Ergon Energy hosts...
Drive-through holdup
By JONATHON HOWARD
WARWICK MacDonalds staff members and local police have been praised for their quick response to a hair-raising holdup recently.
Police allege that about...
Drink-drive silly season
By JONATHON HOWARD
STANTHORPE Police nabbed eight drink-drivers in the past week as the backpacker silly season gets underway.
Among those caught were four tourists in...
Back to the future
TEAM Hasbeen rider Leo Cash takes his 1170cc Suzuki Katana through it's paces during the weekend round of the Qld Historic Road Race Championships...
Around the grounds
By TANIA PHILLIPS
SHOOTING
Southern Downs Rifle Club
Results Sunday (11 May): Shooting at 400 yards range out of a 126: F Standard Rifle - Barry...
Bakery bust
By JONATHON HOWARD
UNEMPLOYMENT rates across the Southern Downs are expected to spike, after the shock closure of five iconic bakeries and a cafe.
The closure...
Backburners light up
By TANIA PHILLIPS
FIRE brigade members aren’t usually a big fan of fires but at the Backburners Ball at Dalveen on Saturday night, flames (properly...
Old bikes turn rev heads
MOTORCYCLE fans can enjoy the thundering sound of historic motorbikes at Morgan Park Raceway in Warwick this weekend, for the Pirelli Masters (9-11 May).
Fans...
Record entries at trials
By TANIA PHILLIPS
THE best of the region’s Orienteering exponents were in action at Leyburn State Forest last week as part of the Queensland Schools...
‘Tremendous victory’: nurses secure nation-leading pay
The biggest pay increase in more than a decade has been secured by a state’s nurses and midwives in what has been billed as...
