Road restrictions hurt business
A Catlins contractor says he is losing as much as $20,000 a week due to a seasonal road closure.
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Photos awaiting collection
Photos awaiting collection
The South Otago Museum would love to reunite Clutha district families with their old colour studio portraits and family photos.
Manager’s aim to lift business
Manager’s aim to lift business
The Clutha Licensing Trust (CLT) hopes to put recent controversy behind it and boost its hospitality trade, following the appointment of a new manager.
Call to address ‘deathtrap’ entrance into Tapanui
Call to address ‘deathtrap’ entrance into Tapanui
Tapanui business owners have described the southern entrance to the town as a speed ‘‘deathtrap’’ that needs to be fixed.
Cold snap
Cold snap
A characteristically foggy morning in South Otago dawn conditions inspired Allied Press photographer John Cosgrove to get out and start snapping.
Positive numbers revealed at committees meeting
Positive numbers revealed at committees meeting
Clutha District Council committees met in Balclutha this week, and were presented with a range of positive statistics for the area.
Simplicity effective: water quality results
Simplicity effective: water quality results
"Citizen science" is helping a group of West Otago farmers make dramatic strides in environmental water quality.
Trade discharge fees loom
Trade discharge fees loom
Clutha businesses can expect the introduction of charges for trade waste discharge next year, following a change to local bylaws.
Sunstrike warnng after SUV crash
Sunstrike warnng after SUV crash
Police have issued a warning about sunstrike following a crash in Balclutha yesterday morning.
World champ river boarder wins regional award
World champ river boarder wins regional award
Tapanui teacher Anna Eade has added another trophy to her cabinet, after emerging as supreme winner at the Clutha Sports Awards.
Man arrested over helicopter laser incident
Man arrested over helicopter laser incident
A man has been arrested after a laser was pointed at an Otago Rescue Helicopter last month.
SUV crashes into parked truck in Balclutha
SUV crashes into parked truck in Balclutha
Two people are injured after an SUV rear-ended a parked work truck in Balclutha this morning.
Balclutha farmhouse blaze 'suspicious'
Blaze which destroyed farmhouse 'suspicious'
A fire which destroyed a farmhouse near Balclutha is being treated as suspicious.
Busy time for fire crews in South
Busy time for fire crews in South
An investigator is en route to a property north of Milton after the Milton Volunteer Fire Brigade put out a small fire in a bedroom this morning.
Top performers among award nominees
Top performers among award nominees
Following a four-year hiatus, the Clutha Licensing Trust Sports Awards return to South Otago tonight.
400 sign petition for northern swimming pool site
400 sign petition for northern swimming pool site
A stoush is brewing over plans to centralise Milton's swimming pool.
Feed conditions ‘tight’ in South Otago
Feed conditions ‘tight’ in South Otago
A farm worker at Lovells Flat, near Milton, carts baleage for cows feeding on a winter green crop. Farmers in South Otago say they are looking at a "pretty tight'' season for winter feed.
Discussion on petition postponed
Discussion on petition postponed
Toni Vivier is scheduled to give birth in Winton, but the Te Anau woman is worried her new baby will arrive at an unknown point between home and there.
MP to deliver petition on 24/7 policing
MP to deliver petition on 24/7 policing
A southern MP says the Government needs to listen to demands for increased police cover in his constituency, as he prepares to deliver a 1700-strong petition to Parliament, tomorrow.
Generations of Muir family 'legendary'
Generations of Muir family 'legendary'
Three points on the board. Clutha rugby stalwart Neville Muir will soon join father Ernie and grandfather Thomas on the club's "wall of legends", after receiving a life membership.