A Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment project is intended to ensure forestry workers return home safely.
A puppy missing after a single-vehicle accident near Milton last week was found safe and well yesterday.
Two Catlins men escaped major injury when a motorcycle and then a four-wheel-drive vehicle hit cows, one of which died, on the Owaka Highway on Monday night.
Balclutha artist Lachlan Young, who makes latch hook rugs, has been chosen to display his work in Wellington later this month.
A crash victim's family is appealing for sightings of their puppy after a single-vehicle accident near Milton last Thursday.
June's snowstorms have ''Daffodil Dayze'' organisers racing to clear the fields before the spring festival starts in Lawrence next month.
Tucked away in the South is a ''hidden gem'', the as yet undiscovered Clutha district, a tourism manager says. Balclutha reporter Helena de Reus talks to two of the district's tourism operators planning to boost its profile.
South Otago's finest talent will take to the stage in Owaka for Catlins Got Talent later this month.
Station officer Brian Cowie (foreground) and other members of the Milton Volunteer Fire Brigade check a Subaru Impreza which crashed near Milton yesterday evening.
The future of the pilot briquetting plant in Mataura and land owned by Solid Energy remains up in the air.
Clutha Health First's chief executive is confident the $2.4 million upgrade of the community-owned hospital in Balclutha will be completed in time for its opening at the end of the month.
It might be several days before police can identify the body found in a burning car north of Waihola on Monday.
Police say it could be several days - or longer - before the body found in burning car near Waihola yesterday is identified.
A Gore man escaped with minor injuries after his fully-laden logging truck crashed near Waipahi yesterday morning.
A sleeping man had a rude awakening in Balclutha on Friday night when his bed went up in flames.
Four women were honoured in Balclutha this week for their dedication to Inch Clutha Rural Women.
Police are still appealing for information after a Kaitangata house was destroyed by a suspicious fire on Monday.
Clutha's deputy mayor Hamish Anderson has thrown his hat into the ring and will challenge the incumbent, Bryan Cadogan.
Eighty school pupils tested their fitness by taking the police physical competency test (PCT) in Balclutha yesterday.
Young actors take the stage with the show The Real Inspector Hound in Balclutha tomorrow.