Local News

The Whyalla Council is proposing a $14m three-year plan for more than 40 kilometres of roadworks starting in the next financial year. The Council is conducting an extensive public consultation period to gauge public opinion and take all views on board. The roadworks program would one of the biggest undertaken by Council...

The Yorke Peninsula Council will be undertaking aerial photography of the Point Turton Township from mid-June. The Council is trialing the use of drones as an alternative mapping photography method instead of the current fixed-wing flyover service. Contractor National Drones is providing an alternate way of photographing the Yorke Peninsula region from...

The Outback Communities Authority welcomes the expansion of the Drought Communities Programme which sees Unincorporated SA listed as an eligible region. Funding under the Drought Communities Programme is available to eligible councils for local infrastructure projects and other drought related activities. Chair of the RDA Far North Mark Sutton says Agriculture is...

The Goyder Council is inviting the community to have their say on the Goyder Master Plan, review current projects and update, amend and or provide a list of priorities for new projects. Since the inception fo the Master Plan 22 out of 37 projects have already been completed, are ongoing, or...

Police have arrested a teenager after he allegedly crashed his car into a veranda and then reported the car stolen in Laura. The driver fled the scene prior to police arrival.   A short time later police allege that the registered owner of the vehicle contacted police and reported that his vehicle had...

Work has started on the surface upgrade program for three Whyalla playgrounds. Contractors have started laying the new softfall Play Matta tiles at the foreshore playground and will upgrade the Whyalla Child Care Centre playgrounds and the Ocean Eyre Reserve later this week. All the work is expected to be finished by...

Writing Place is coming to Whyalla, offering regional writers and performance makers a week long residency. 20 emerging writers will be selected for a week of professional development, networking and mentorship with three leading Australian playwrights. During the residency participants will generate and refine a short monologue or scene able to be...

National supermarket chain Coles is leading the way in Indigenous employment in their Port Augusta store, welcoming an additional 20 Indigenous team members to the team. The supermarkets’ Indigenous workforce now represents 20 per cent of the total employees at the store. This is a major milestone for the store, now employing...

The Tarcowie Landcare Group is busy preparing for its major planting weekend on the June long weekend. Interested community members are invited to join them to revegetate the mid-north. The Landcare Group has actually been planting in the area for 18 years since their initial inception in 2005. The group aims to revegetate...

The Australian Government Mobile Service Centre is touring around the region from today. Locals can find out about Australian Government Payments and services for rural families, older Australians, students, job seekers, people with disability, carers, farmers and self-employed. The centre will stop in Clare today and then next week in Jamestown, Peterborough,...