Police, prompted by a television programme which used psychics to investigate the death of an Owaka teenager two years ago, are re-examining parts of the case but say hard evidence will be needed to take the matter further.
Clutha district ratepayers may help the district's largest health body attract medical staff by providing housing close to Balclutha's hospital.
Balclutha Bowling Club members will adjourn to a kitset garage instead of their clubrooms for the better part of the coming season as plans are finalised to replace the club's headquarters, which was destroyed by a fire in April.
Gore has been warned it could lose its successful annual fashion awards if it does not start to embrace the event more.
Another recruitment campaign to find staff for the Otago Corrections Facility begins tomorrow, although no new staff are needed there at present.
Government officials and a local MP have publicly backed a Milton training scheme.
All three major roads leading into Clutha Country now have official welcome signs for motorists and others venturing into the district.
In her darkest hours, after being diagnosed with breast cancer, Michelle Jury got creative, and yesterday took her talents to a women's expo for all to share.
Warming up chilly Clutha District Council-owned housing units could come with a $3.5 million price tag, a report into the issue reveals.
A remote Catlins fire brigade has been given an updated appliance it believes will provide a much better serviceto the area.
Community patrols are likely to begin in Balclutha in October after a public meeting endorsed the idea of giving local police extra sets of eyes and ears around the town at night.
Allegations made against the Tokomairiro Training Centre in Milton need to be cleared up, say National Party MPs Bill English and Anne Tolley. Glenn Conway reports.
National Party MP Bill English will next week call for answers from the Tokomairiro High School board about claims surrounding the Tokomairiro Training Centre, which the school operates.
A Tuapeka Mouth woman whom police say was drunk behind the wheel of a vehicle and involved in a double fatality in May has been formally charged over the incident.
The trees are gone and now the public will get a chance to say how a former Balclutha forestry block, which overlooks the town, should be developed.
A woman regarded as the backbone and unofficial grandmother of the Lawrence Junior Rugby Club was last night named the 2008 Otago Rugby Lady of the Year.
Otago may have found a "champion" to unleash huge untapped riches to the province in the form of ambitious plans for a Chinese heritage trail, a meeting of the region's key economic development group agreed yesterday.
Some former Tokomairiro Training trainees support Brian Crawford's claims about the centre.
South and West Otago farmers are being invited to take part in a workshop designed to address what officials call "the waterway health challenge" facing the district.
Commissioners will conduct a hearing into plans to build a new floodbank at the south end of Milton but when is still unclear.