Nick Brook

Mt Cooee is bursting at the seams, and the Clutha District Council is facing a monthly bill of $157,000 to ship waste elsewhere once the landfill reaches full capacity at the end of August.

Clutha Leader’s Silver Fern Farms Local Legend this week is Janice Farrell, of Waihola.

Clutha athletes can run but they have nothing to run on after a proposed 400m track on a council park was given the thumbs down.

One hundred and fifty years of Owaka district schooling will be celebrated on March 7-9.

The Clutha District Council has voted to review its vehicles on beaches bylaw, following a recent death of a sea lion.

Kathy Baff, the Clutha Leader, Silver Fern Farms Local Legend for February 20 was nominated by the South Otago Patchwork Group.

Glorious summer lit the Tahatika Collie club trials at Lochindorb on Valentine’s Day, where veteran shepherd Jack Davis and his dog Glen set the standard early.

A high profile, armed-police manhunt and siege 5km north of Owaka ended quietly in tragedy last week.

Karen Mehalski is this weeks’s Clutha Leader-Silver Fern Farms Local Legend.

Free, nocturnal eco-tourism is growing with bat-spotting in the Catlins.

Firefighters felt the pressure at the United Fire Brigades South Island Waterways Challenge earlier this month.

Owaka Speed Shears was a huge success on Waitangi Day.

New Zealand’s Woolhandler of the Year and Otago Shears champions proved themselves conclusively in Balclutha on Saturday.

New Zealand’s Woolhandler of the Year and Otago Shears champions proved themselves conclusively in Balclutha on Saturday.

This week’s Clutha Leader, Silver Fern Farms Local Legend is Heather Ryder.

Tikanga and te reo Māori are developing a strong kaiwhakahau (advocate) at South Otago High School.

Clutha preschoolers received a Hearty welcome on Monday morning.