Glenn Conway

Whitestone Cheese's finest will again be flung down a steep Southland hill early next year, closely followed by people of all ages in hot pursuit.

Farmers in Clutha are being warned by police to keep a close eye on their stock, after three separate incidents of wandering stock were reported recently.

More details of Lawrence's annual summer arts festival have been released, and buskers, blokes and bubbles are all set to take centre stage.

Over the next three weeks, Clutha residents will be asked to rate the Clutha District Council's performance.

Major wind farms could still become a feature of Otago and Southland landscapes. TrustPower's board is expected next month to approve the first stage of its Mahinerangi project, near Dunedin, and it is feeling more comfortable about the Kaiwera Downs project near Gore.

Plans for an indoor sports facility in central Balclutha were unanimously endorsed at a public meeting in the town on Thursday night.

A Sydney-based team of riders, featuring a former Kaitangata local, will take part in this month's Black Gold Trail event around the coal-mining township.

A musical family event in Balclutha this weekend is expected to go off with a bang - and end the same way.

The Clutha Licensing Trust is helping support the owners of the Waihola pub badly damaged by fire last week and could provide a temporary watering hole in the lakeside township if this proves practical.

Lawrence's annual country fair day turned 21 yesterday, with organisers saying changing the event to a Sunday was the best possible present.