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Yorke Peninsula Community Care and Transport won the Rural Doctors Workforce Agency Rural Community Health and Wellbeing Award at the 2021 SA Community Achievement Awards in Adelaide on Saturday evening. The Yorke Peninsula, Whyalla, and Port Augusta were all represented; with Port Augusta City Council’s Health Focus program making the top...

Rural landholders on the Yorke Peninsula have welcomed the recommendation for the establishment of a mining ombudsman following a state parliamentary inquiry. An inquiry held by a cross-party committee chaired by independent Member for Frome, Geoff Brock, looked into the protections for landholders when a mining company wants access to their...

The Red Cross Lifeblood Donor Centre will be set up at Central Oval in Port Augusta this week, with the donor services calling for assistance in boosting donation numbers. Lifeblood announced they required a further 7000 people to donate before the end of this week with borders reopening and cancellations and...

With SA borders open from today fears are mounting surrounding the potential rise in Covid case numbers which could stretch the state's rural health system which is already nearing crisis point, according to the Rural Doctors Association of South Australia (RDASA). Health Minister Stephen Wade said in a statement, the state...

A new project is asking entire communities across regional South Australia, including Whyalla, to help prevent family and domestic violence. Centacare Catholic Family Services project manager, Megan Hughes, says lockdowns further isolated women already in unsafe situations, while close-knit regional communities also pose unique challenges for vulnerable families because domestic violence workers...

The 2021 SA Woman Awards were recently held at the Adelaide Convention Centre, and four Mid-North business women were named as award winners. Burra local, Emily Riggs of Iris and Wool, was named people’s choice winner in the Rise Up Award category. Jamestown artist, Alysha Sparks, won the people’s choice award in...

After receiving confirmation of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in oysters from Coffin Bay, SA Health has initiated a recall, and is advising South Australians not to consume them. SA Health’s Deputy Chief Public Health Officer, Dr Chris Lease, says the recall is an additional safety measure on top of the precautionary closure of...

According to new research, all LGAs across the region except Roxby Downs, are lagging behind other parts of the state in digital inclusion. All council areas from Whyalla to Peterborough returned a score of between 10 and 16 points lower than the Adelaide metro digital rate. However, Roxby Downs is the only...

As part of the Port Augusta Joy Baluch Bridge duplication project, starting today traffic will be temporarily reduced to one lane in each direction on the Augusta Highway between the Joy Baluch Bridge and Flinders Terrace. Nightworks will be undertaken from 7pm – 6am, each night from today (November 22) through...

The Yorke and Northern Local Health Network mobile Covid vaccination clinics are continuing to pop up around the region, with upcoming stops planned for Brinkworth and Snowtown today.  First doses of Pfizer will be administered at the Brinkworth Oval between 9.30am and 11.30am this morning, before the clinic moves across to...