Six New Zealand farms and stations with ties to the same family for at least 150 years will be recognised along with their contributions to farming at this year's New Zealand Century Farm and Stations Awards in Lawrence.
The new MAD (Making A Difference) youth centre in Balclutha was officially opened on Saturday morning after months of effort by the town's young people.
Staff at West Otago's largest employer are bracing themselves for bad news today, with job losses and other significant changes expected to be announced at Blue Mountain Lumber.
Motorists using the popular thoroughfare between Beaumont and Raes Junction on Wednesday morning can expect some delays and explosions along the way.
Planning to secure another long-term funding contract with the Clutha District Council has been a key task for the Clutha Agricultural Development Board executive in recent months, retiring chairman Neil Cullen will tell its annual meeting on Wednesday.
Waging a war against invasive pasture weeds and thistles was a highlight in 2008 for Clutha Agricultural Development Board projects manager Malcolm Deverson, who will tell this week's annual meeting the battle is set to continue this year and beyond.
Harsh economic times have forced the Milton Country Club to close its Westside Cafe operation, leaving seven permanent and casual staff out of work.
Secondary-school pupils in Clutha will be in line for a new award which will feature on the annual event that celebrates the achievements of volunteers throughout the district.
The doors will close soon on an Owaka store that has been the hub of patchwork and other crafts for nearly a decade.
Power generator Contact Energy, which wants to revisit old proposals for up to four hydro-electric projects on the Clutha River, has delayed moves to publicly release its plans until early next month.
A planned extension of Kaka Point's sewerage scheme may be off the agenda after a disappointing response from landowners at the north end of the coastal township.
Kaitangata's tight-knit community has joined forces to launch an appeal for a local family who lost almost everything in a house fire last week.
A decision on whether a small wind farm will be built on one of Clutha's highest points has again been delayed.
Helping Clutha businesses find and keep staff, but also guiding jobseekers into paid work, will be the key aims of a new Clutha labour market strategy project that will take shape over the next 18 months.
Bulging prisoner numbers at the Otago Corrections Facility (OCF) have prompted Dunedin police to hire and train security staff to work as jailers for a predicted influx of remand prisoners who may not be able to be housed at Milburn.
Clutha Country has caught Dancing with the Stars fever and will stage its own version of the television phenomenon to officially launch this year's Clutha District Week for Women in May.
Police yesterday said they expected to lay charges today against two Black Power gang members following the stabbing of a rival gang leader at the Otago Corrections Facility on Saturday.
From English high society to wartime comedy - the South Otago Theatrical Society has changed tack for its main 2009 production.
Decades-old plans for up to four hydro-electric projects on the Clutha River are being dusted off by Contact Energy, which plans to spend the rest of 2009 hearing what the public thinks about the prospects of dams dotting the landscape throughout Central and South Otago.
As you tuck into your fish and chips, and maybe a crayfish stick, you probably do not give a thought to how that fish ended up on your dinner plate.
