Local News
03 Sep 10 | Rain and thunderstorms are expected to continue across Eyre Peninsula as local residents are busy mopping up from today's torrential downfall.
01 Sep 10 | The annual Eastern Eyre Health ‘mock accident’ was held in Cleve last week.
01 Sep 10 | Local councils will meet with EP rail operators Genesee & Wyoming Australia next week to discuss railway crossing issues across country Eyre Peninsula.
01 Sep 10 | Buckleboo farmer Heather Baldock has been re-appointed to the GM Crop Advisory Committee, to provide information to the State Government on issues surrounding the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops.
01 Sep 10 | FREE Eyre is seeking new grain storage sites following the success of the Taragoro EP Storage site at Rudall in the 2009/10 season.
01 Sep 10 | Breast cancer sufferers and their families have two new champions on Eyre Peninsula, as Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) welcomes its newest ‘pink ladies’.
25 Aug 10 | Buckleboo man Rowan Ramsey expects to be returned to the federal seat of Grey this week after a swing of more than six per cent to the Liberals in the local electorate.
25 Aug 10 | Former Kielpa man Dusty Macgowan will take his latest Deloshanda merino champion to Dubbo this month, to compete for the title of Australia’s Ram of the Year.
25 Aug 10 | SA Health has denied requests for a permanent paramedic to be based at Cleve.
25 Aug 10 | Residents of a Carpa Road farm property were alerted by two explosions in their shed at about 9.30pm on Tuesday, August 17, 2010. When the couple came to investigate the noise, they discovered the shed already ablaze.
25 Aug 10 | EP football clubs are counting their blessings... and their profits this week, following the auction of a series of donated Aherns agri field bins.
18 Aug 10 | The Terry Hampel Skills and Trade Centre was officially opened at Sims Farm on Wednesday, August 11, 2010, marking 50 years since the farm was bequeathed to the department of education by local farmer Gordon Sims.
18 Aug 10 | The EP Field Days were very quiet from a police perspective, according to Cowell officer acting brvt sgt Tim Baker.
18 Aug 10 | A 51-year-old Darke Peak was lucky to escape serious injury at the weekend when his vehicle crashed on the Balumbah-Kinnard Road about 1km from Darke Peak just after 9.15am on Sunday, August 15.
18 Aug 10 | The 2010 Eyre Peninsula Field Days attracted 21,000 visitors last week and just under 600 exhibitors.
18 Aug 10 | The fisheries industry has raised concerns over the future of SA marine parks following a preference deal between Labor and the Greens at the upcoming federal election.
13 Aug 10 | Sue Murphy, of Kimba, thought for a long time before applying to become a foster carer – but today, she has been fostering for two years.
13 Aug 10 | Regional Express airlines will cut the number of flights between Port Lincoln and Adelaide this month, because passenger numbers have fallen below 50 per cent capacity following QantasLink’s entry into the local market.
13 Aug 10 | The State Government and the South Australian Oyster Growers Association have agreed on new aquaculture license fees for 2010-11.
13 Aug 10 | The newly-formed South Australian Mice Working Party met for the first time in Port Lincoln on Monday to address the issue of increased mice numbers in some regional areas.