CommUNiTY group: We’re here for you
Residents have been invited to outline their “concerns” in an innovative new survey being conducted by Port Pirie CommUNity.In a broad-brush approach, the organisers...
Council meetings no longer secret
Council will open the doors on previously-secret discussions.Except in certain situations, the strategic workshops or informal gatherings of Port Pirie Regional Council will no longer...
Mosquito menace
The “mites that bite” are posing a bigger threat to residents this summer.Mosquitoes have come out in greater numbers in 2015-16 after unusually humid and mild...
Million-dollar view from bench
You could put a pricetag on the work by the volunteer Y’s Men, but it is almost impossible to calculate the value of the...
Old batteries to still have a ‘kick’
A dedicated group of residents will ensure that old batteries still have a “kick” to benefit disaster relief. Members of the Rotary Club of Port...
Roundabout open soon
Contractor McMahon Services is continuing to make progress on the Florence Street stormwater drain despite encountering difficulties at the Norman Street roundabout.The Alexander Street to...
Troops bound for Pirie exercise
Port Pirie has been selected as a key location for an Australian Army exercise that will see thousands of soldiers working and training in our...
Officers honoured by woman at top
The long arm of the law has come to rest within the police service at an unexpected destination.Six officers and one civilian were honoured...
New flagpole for Aboriginal emblem
Two indigenous student leaders outlined the meaning of the Aboriginal flag before proudly raising it at Risdon Park Primary School.Blake Robinson and Jamie-Lee Shillingsworth said...
Our city shakes off jobs-crisis negativity
Port Pirie has kept pace with other Upper Spencer Gulf cities in building approvals and looks to have shaken off the effects of the region’s...