Julie Asher

Plans to convert an old quarry near Cromwell into residential property took a step closer this week.

Hundreds of Aurora Energy customers in Central Otago were again without power for the third time in recent weeks.

Cowboys, gun-toting women and the sound of lead ricocheting off steel turned the outskirts of Alexandra into a scene straight out of a Wild West movie this week.

Power cuts around Central Otago in recent weeks could be a taste of things to come this winter.

Cowboys, gun-toting women and the sound of lead ricocheting off steel turned the outskirts of Alexandra into a scene straight out of a Wild West movie this week.

Work to "retrain" the Kyeburn River at the Kyeburn Bridge to spread across the riverbed instead of scouring a channel to one side, threatening the bridge supports, has been completed.

Central Otago district councillors have extended the council’s Three Waters contract for another year, but staff have signalled a major change could be required.

First-home buyers will get first option — but no deduction — when Central Otago District Council-led property developments hit the market.

Hail has pelted Alexandra following a thunderstorm, and power was out for hundreds of customers in parts of Central Otago this afternoon.

A trip to Sydney during the school holidays sounds like a great way to relax but for two Otago school principals it was anything but — although they would do it again in a heartbeat.

Driving offences and family harm kept Central Otago police busy during the past week.

Work to protect the Kyeburn Bridge has been completed and the water is no long scouring a channel to one side, threatening the bridge supports.

Coming home is always a highlight for Highlanders player Josh Timu, but his next trip will be even more special.

Action, not more words, were needed in the development of the planned River Park in Alexandra, the Vincent Community Board (VCB) heard on Tuesday.