A series of small yet vital grants have been included in the Clutha District Council's draft long-term council community plan, with communities from Taieri Mouth to Lawrence set to benefit.
Having won a world cup title in recent days, Balclutha archer Anne Mitchell has set her sights on competing at next year's Commonwealth Games.
Riding out the recession will be the main theme of a rare economic forum in South Otago early next month.
Proceeds from this year's national cheese-rolling event near Waikaka have been put towards producing a DVD for families dealing with autism.
An army-style physical training programme for young people will be launched in Balclutha later this year after the Government confirmed a $30,000 grant towards the pilot scheme.
Two unrelated repair jobs have combined to restrict access to and from Tuapeka Mouth in recent weeks but the area's main bridge should be open again by the end of the month.
A makeover of Balclutha's main street, first mooted nearly 20 years ago, could take shape within four years after a $2 million upgrade was kept in the Clutha District Council's draft long-term council community plan.
Equine students at Telford Rural Polytechnic are a step closer towards getting an indoor riding arena after budgets for the project were tabled at a meeting of the polytechnic's council last week.
Up to 150 extra prisoners will be accommodated at the Otago Corrections Facility from early next year, prison manager Jack Harrison said last night.
The 6pm news at midnight? Coro St in the morning? And even that favourite movie on a day when you are sick in bed?Who would have thought just a few short years ago that was possible, but technology has well and truly caught up with most of us.
The Otago Corrections Facility on Friday marked the second anniversary since the first prisoners arrived at the Milburn prison, with management pleased about the first two years of operation.
An upgrade of Balclutha's main street, first mooted nearly 20 years ago, may finally come to fruition after the Clutha District Council yesterday backed plans for improvements to start in three years' time.
Ruffled feathers over plans to demolish the Balclutha bird aviary appear to have been smoothed, with the Clutha District Council backtracking on its original plans.
The first in a series of three country music concerts will be held in Balclutha tomorrow.
The cost of a sizeable ratepayer-funded grant towards the planned Clutha Recreation Centre will be shared evenly between Balclutha ratepayers and the rest of the district.
They study hard but rock even harder.
Contact Energy has agreed its land can be used for a planned walkway between Roxburgh and Lawrence, regardless of whether it pushes ahead with any hydro-electric dam development in the area.
Big-ticket items like recycling, swimming pool upgrades and money towards a new recreation centre have been kept in the Clutha District Council's draft long-term council community plan but a multimillion-dollar upgrade of Balclutha's main street looks like being ditched.
Improving the quality of the district's drinking water and swimming pool should be the Clutha District Council's priority, while introducing a green waste collection and upgrading Balclutha's main street can wait, a survey of residents reveals.
The pressure on Balclutha's main general practice has been relieved with the arrival of a new doctor and the prospect of another set to sign a one-year contract.