Despite the weather turning nasty just after the Alexandra Blossom Festival float procession, event organisers are still basking in a warm glow.
The message that it is not worth "looking for trouble" at the Alexandra Blossom Festival seems to be getting through, police say, with the number of arrests this year the lowest for 15 years.
No end is in sight yet for Alexandra's water quality woes.
A scene that invited the viewer to "climb into the painting and relax" won top honours in the Central Otago Art Society's Blossom Festival Art Exhibition.
All the signs are good but Central Otago orchardists are too superstitious to predict a better fruit season on the way than the last one.
An 18-year-old youth who allegedly assaulted a 14-year-old boy because of a perceived insult on a social networking site will appear in the Alexandra District Court tomorrow.
The highest unnamed peak in Central Otago should be called after the native falcon, rather than a three-legged cooking pot, the Central Otago District Council has recommended.
Setting the record straight and circulating good information on climate change is the aim of three climate commentators who will be holding seminars in Otago this week and in early October.
Galloway will host a "double-banger" next year, celebrating the beginning of farming in the district as well as the local school's centenary.
Plans for boutique accommodation to be provided in the historic St Bathans Post Office building have raised the ire of the village's heritage and environment preservation trust.
Hawea Flat residents who fear their drinking water supply will be tainted as a result of dairying in the area were told yesterday existing land uses, including lifestyle blocks, probably posed a greater risk.
Waitaki MP Jacqui Dean has chided the Central Otago District Council and a business group, saying their "infighting" means real issues affecting Central Otago residents are being neglected.
Former Clyde prop and current Central Otago mayor Tony Lepper is expecting no special treatment when he takes the field in today's celebrity rugby game in Cromwell.
The possibility of the Upper Manorburn dam overflowing prompted a meeting of emergency management agencies in Alexandra yesterday.
Heavy snow forced the closure of the Danseys Pass road this morning.
The new $35 million Irrigation Acceleration Fund is now "open for business" and several Central Otago groups anticipate applying for grants soon.
Nudity may or may not be on display during this year's Alexandra Musical Society offering - it all depends on "the technical bits".
The Central Otago rural firefighter who died while responding to a fire on Sunday night was a man who took great pride in his volunteer role, colleagues and friends said yesterday.
Dunstan Hospital is confident it has a strong case for a CT scanner and has welcomed official confirmation of the need for the equipment in the area.
Economic development in and around Alexandra is "stagnating" because of an unsupportive council, says a local business group, but the claim is denied by Central Otago Mayor Tony Lepper.
