The sunny days of spring will bring large numbers of cyclists back to the Clutha Gold Trail, and the fine weather will allow contractors in to repair ''a major slip'' near Beaumont along the trail, Clutha Gold Trail chairman Rod Peirce says.
Stopping Tuatapere's only grocery store from going up in flames was ''the save of a lifetime'', the local fire chief says.
The search and rescue team is part of the lifeblood of Owaka, Clutha Mayor Bryan Cadogan says.
Tapanui's popular October beer festival is moving away from its original Bavarian theme this year.
A ''curious'' critically endangered New Zealand sea lion has been exploring the Esplanade at Kaka Point.
The Clutha District Council yesterday created an eight-member group to push for ultra-fast broadband in the district.
Two weeks of delays are expected at the Deborah overbridge on State Highway 1 south of Oamaru as work on the highway takes place later this month.
Main street retailers in Balclutha are feeling the pinch of lost parking and reduced pedestrian access to their shops, but as the town's $3.2million makeover nears the halfway point, many are pleased with how the work has gone.
It was third time lucky for the Lawrence Area School netball team last week.
A child playing with matches caused the fire that tore through this Milton home on the morning of August 29.
The fire that burned through the back bedroom of a Heriot shearers' quarters on August 18 is the subject of a police investigation.
Hart's Black Horse Brewery and daffodil fields are not being opened to the public this year.
Owaka's waka, to be unveiled at the town's 150th celebrations, has been a major recipient of the Mazda Foundation's second round of funding for 2015.
The plight of Southern farmers last year has led to a first for New Zealand.
The expanded operating base of the Owaka branch of Catlins Land Search and Rescue is nearing completion. And the LandSAR crew is hosting an open day to showcase the functional facility's ''value for money and what benefit we are to the community'', chairman Fraser Morris says.
Tuapeka Aquatic Centre chairman Garry McCorkindale brings South Otago reporter Hamish MacLean up to speed on the near-complete Tuapeka Aquatic Centre in Lawrence.
The Lombardy poplars that have greeted travellers from the east to Lawrence for decades are coming down.
Ten Stirling school pupils were in the good books yesterday.
The Clutha District Council's response to June flooding exposed a lack of local input in the council's emergency management, a West Otago Community Board member says.
It was not the outcome searchers wanted, but there was relief among those involved in the search effort after the seven-day search for Ian Mathieson ended on Wednesday evening, police said.
