Leigh Creek open for business
As speculation about the future of Leigh Creek continues to swell, a new tourism venture could be the town’s answer to staying afloat.At a time...
Site study employs locals
Thirty Adnyamathanha community members were employed at the Wallerberdina Station site for the proposed National Radioactive Waste Management Facility from mid-April to June.The employees were tasked...
TAFE SA and a turning economic tide
The continuing renewable transformation of Port Augusta has reinforced confidence amongst those studying industry skills at TAFE SA.With an increase in the number of students being...
Kindy celebrates 40 great years
Past and present students, family and staff from the Port Augusta West Children’s Services Centre (PAWCSC) reunited on Wednesday, June 27 to toast to the...
Prominent police history
As the title of his new book would suggest, the history of police stations around South Australia is about more than just the bricks and...
Junior netball | Gallery
Check out all the action from Port Augusta Netball Association’s junior netball, played at Central Oval on Saturday, June 30.
Locals in country footy titles
Port Augusta footballers are expected to be chosen in the Northern Zone team taking part in the South Australian Country Championships in Renmark at the weekend.Players...
Jake’s climbing for a cure
Firefighter Jake West has been climbing to the top of the west side water tower for more than just the view.The 21-year-old emergency service...
Bald and the beautiful
We might be in the middle of a freezing cold winter, but that hasn’t stopped a group of Port Augusta Prison officers from banding...
Nuclear backlash: fear, fact and fiction
I write in response to letters to the Editor that appeared in the Port Augusta Transcontinental, 27 June 2018, to respectfully provide further information to the community...














