Dan backs lower speed limit on highway
LOCAL Member for Stuart Dan van Holst Pellekaan is an advocate for the speed reduction outside the Port Augusta Prison.The Member of Parliament forwarded The...
Baking for bush fire relief
BEYOND Bank has raised more than $1480 for the Stirling North CFS to help with their efforts in the Pinery fires. The team baked away to...
Vicky’s ‘honour’ roll
VICKY Welgraven’s passion for community issues continues to be driving force in her life, and it’s seeing her receive plenty of attention.The Port Augusta local was...
Pageant success despite the heat
PORT Augusta braved the stifling heat and showed strong support for its annual Christmas Pageant last Friday.Healthy crowd numbers and float entrants meant event director Steve...
Long lost Santa letter
WITH Christmas getting close I found my letter from Father Christmas, probably from around 1946 or '47. Living in Whyalla then I recall dad...
Council to hear more on nuclear waste
COMMUNITY opinion on a nuclear waste dump is on the forefront of the a local mayors mind. Flinders Ranges Council Mayor Peter Slattery said the council is yet to...
Mental health funding
REGIONAL areas are set to benefit from the federal government’s announcement to mental health funding changes. Country SA's Primary Health Networks (PHN) will now manage how...
Teaching students make the grade
MAJORITY of student teachers who have been undertaking literacy and numeracy tests are making the cut.Federal Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said nine out...
Flying high with scholarship
PORT AUGUSTA - Former Port Augusta Secondary School student Heath Green has been awarded a Playford Trust university scholarship to help with his study...
