Richard Davison

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.

A Kaitangata resident awoke to an unwelcome surprise on Saturday.

Social services agencies and community groups in South Otago may begin working together more closely if a new proposal comes to fruition.

An environmental group says a Catlins camping ground manager is storing fairground equipment illegally on council land, and wants to see it removed immediately.

The initial phase of a community-driven independent living complex in Lawrence is secure, thanks to recent grants totalling $291,000.

A young Otago woman wants potential employers to "look past the label".