Richard Davison

An embryonic water quality project is about to take off, thanks to $1.8million of government funding, announced last night.

A Southern mayor is worried the rural community is ‘‘losing focus’’ due to premature concerns about significant natural areas, or SNAs.

Kaitangata residents can look forward to several improvements to the town’s amenities under a new community plan.

A Southern mayor and Federated Farmers president are alarmed a rural action group is taking advantage of valid concerns to push "wild conspiracy theories".

A Southern environmental project is celebrating a milestone this week.

Two seriously injured people had to be cut free from a vehicle that crashed on the Kaitangata Highway near Balclutha overnight.

"Over , but not done yet" might be the best way to describe the Pomahaka Catchment Project, which drew to a formal close in Tapanui on Wednesday night.

For Clutha’s new community heritage co-ordinator, the role is something of a trip down memory lane.

Clutha rugby player Phil Keighley shows little sign of slowing down, despite notching up his 300th game for the club on Saturday.

Otago Corrections Facility (OCF) inmates will build new cabins for a Clutha campground during the next two years, as part of a council initiative to boost accommodation in the district.

A new wetland will be opened in the South today and project leaders hope it will serve as an environmental and educational resource in perpetuity.

A successful southern employment initiative has more than doubled its one-year target for job placements, and will now continue for a second year.

A group of South Otago residents say a fatality may soon occur due to the "shocking" state of an unsealed stretch of rural road.

Clutha District Council will consider requests totalling nearly $1million for community project funding at its long term plan decision-making meeting in Balclutha today.