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YP crews on the frontline

COUNTRY Fire Service crews from Yorke Peninsula helped local counterparts fight the fires that swept through Mount Remarkable National Park last week during record hot conditions. The fire began on Monday, February 3 and burnt more than 5400...

Michelle Daw

18 Feb 2025

News

Yorke Peninsula residents urged to join Team in Green

A RECENT recruit to the Moonta ambulance team has urged Yorke Peninsula residents to heed the call of a new campaign to attract volunteers across country South Australia. Ambulance assist volunteer Vivienne Casbolt said she found the role hugely...

Michelle Daw

18 Feb 2025

News

War on mozzies heats up

BARUNGA West Council has intensified pest control efforts after frustrated Fisherman Bay and Port Broughton residents reported this summer’s insect problem as the worst they have ever experienced. Interim BWC chief executive Paul Simpson announced...

Michelle Daw

11 Feb 2025

News

BWC grants reversal on rate rebate for Masonic Lodge

A DECISION in 2024 to remove a 100 per cent rate rebate for the Port Broughton Masonic Lodge has been reversed. At its monthly meeting on January 21, Barunga West Council voted to reinstate the rebate in full and to reimburse the lodge for the two...

Michelle Daw

04 Feb 2025

News

Top-up sought to train butchers

A MOONTA butcher has called for the Federal Government to top up apprentice wages to make them more appealing to young people. Rhys O’Donohue of Moonta Gourmet Meats has two apprentices and said he was always looking for more. But, with an hourly...

Michelle Daw

04 Feb 2025

News

Browns Beach rocks claim another victim

A NOTORIOUS rocky headland at Browns Beach in Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park has claimed another victim, with the death of a recreational angler at the weekend. Police recovered the body of Nasir Mohsini, 41, of Salisbury, near Pondalowie Bay...

Michelle Daw

04 Feb 2025