Lawrence's biggest employer, Tuapeka Gold Print, has put expansion plans on hold, no decision having been made yet on whether it will leave the township.
Fly-tipping around Milton is escalating and one farmer has been left fuming after someone opened a gate and dumped rubbish in her paddock.
Balclutha's community health service is a ''remarkable achievement'' deputy prime minister Bill English told those gathered at the opening of its redeveloped hospital yesterday.
The two candidates for Clutha's mayoralty faced about 60 people gathered for the mayoral forum in Balclutha last night.
Several Clutha councillors yesterday expressed their disappointment with comments from one of their own as the mayoral race heats up.
Clutha Mayor Bryan Cadogan is confident a training course equipping the district's young people for jobs will again run this year, despite having yet to secure Government funding.
Residents can now have their say on what Balclutha's main street should look like, as consultation on the $2.6 million upgrade begins.
Police have yet to identify a body found in a burning car at Taieri Ferry Road, north of Waihola, this morning.
Lighting the Clutha River bridge, shifting the information centre and creating a town ''heart'' are among proposals to update Balclutha's main street.
Balclutha criminal hearings will not have their own dates when they shift to Dunedin next month.
A pipeline linking Pounawea to the Owaka sewerage scheme has blown its budget by more than $180,000, leaving the Clutha District Council looking at how to fund the extra costs.
Warm, sunny weather enticed visitors to the daffodil fields at Wetherstons near Lawrence on Sunday.
Plans for a heritage machinery museum in Milton have been approved by the Clutha District Council.
Clutha's senior police officer will swap management for the front line when he steps down as senior sergeant later this month.
Balclutha could get its own town icon, after the council decided to investigate adding one to the $2.6 million main street upgrade.
A request to extend the lease and area of the Pounawea Camping Ground was partly successful, with the council granting a longer lease, but declining a ground extension.
This year's Small Town Conference, hosted in Balclutha, has been hailed a success.
Clutha Mayor Bryan Cadogan has welcomed seven new citizens to the Clutha district.
The South Otago community has rallied behind Lawrence to ensure the historic daffodil fields are in good shape for ''Circus Dayze'' tomorrow.
Four people escaped injury after a house fire in Balclutha early yesterday.