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Not my usual Territory

A VIOLENT neo-western tale is unlikely to find a place in my wheelhouse, but Netflix drama series Territory did. And it gave me something to talk to my teenage brothers about. Released late last year, the biggest production to ever film in South...

Sarah Herrmann

3 hours ago

News

COUNTING COSTS

Businesses seek compensation WHILE many businesses shut their doors during the recent mega power and telecommunications outage on Yorke Peninsula, others soldiered on with inventive solutions, community spirit, and a service mindset at the ready...

Sarah Herrmann

3 hours ago

Editorial

Cold comfort

SINCE Yorke Peninsula’s mega power and telecommunications outages just over a week ago, we at the YP Country Times have been bombarded with countless stories of how our community was affected. One thing is clear: these outages were genuinely...

Sarah Herrmann

3 hours ago

News

Loads of laundry

PARKVIEW Aged Care, Moonta, has officially opened its new $500,000 laundry facility. The upgrade includes two commercial washing machines, two commercial dryers, laundry distribution trolleys, and all new sheets and towels — which residents chose...

Sarah Herrmann

4 hours ago

News

Beautifying Broughton

THE future of Port Broughton’s Bay Street is in the community’s hands, with Barunga West Council soon to seek the public’s thoughts on how to spend an $87,000 Planning SA grant dedicated to the town’s main drag. A quarter of the grant has...

Sarah Herrmann

4 hours ago

News

Turning outage into opportunity

WALLAROO restaurant Fat G’s had a lunchtime epiphany to cook meals on a barbecue in their courtyard. “My 2IC manager came to me and said we could use her boyfriend’s camp stove to boil some water for coffee — and that’s when the lightbulb...

Sarah Herrmann

4 hours ago