Ex-local amazed at town’s future
Barossa mayor Bob Sloane has good memories of Port Pirie and is impressed with the city’s future.Mr Sloane returned on Wednesday to Port Pirie where...
Fire burns through 60 hectares
Country Fire Service (CFS) from around the Mid North region were called to fire burning out of control in Laura at 1.26 pm on...
Gems amid the ‘landslide’
It seemed overwhelming – the cream of the state’s regional representatives gathered in one place to talk about … regions.One by one the mayors of...
Woman admits death charge
An Adelaide woman has pleaded guilty in the Port Augusta District Court to having caused the death of a passenger in a car she was...
Strengthening for career pathways
John Pirie Secondary School’s Soccer Excellence Academy will be receiving $50,000 through a special schools grant from the state government. The academy was one of 11 special...
Crossroads of weed control
The tiny locality of Warnertown is at the crossroads of a fierce war to control a noxious weed drifting southwards from the outback.Straddling the...
Reservoirs will open if Liberals win in 2018
Reservoirs across the Mid North will be opened for recreational use, if the Liberal Party win the State election next March. The State Liberals have...
Face-to-face dialogue with our violent men
Adam Tee is always looking for that moment of truth in the eyes of a domestic violence offender.As Uniting Country SA’s men’s counsellor, he...
Funding for gymnastics
The Port Pirie Regional Gymnastics Academy will be able to provide training to existing coaches, as well as new ones, to cater for an...
Nosey Parker: From the 1942 archives
A mile of raid shelters was built at the schools for the children to protect them from air raids.***Port Pirie residents line up for...
From the editor’s desk
Rain sweeping across much of South Australia in recent weeks has been welcomed by farmers eager to begin seeding.
After dry periods that left...
