"Multiple proposals'' have been received to buy the historic Oamaru Railway Station, real estate agent Stephen Robertson said after a sale by deadline closed yesterday at 4pm.
Cape Wanbrow's trees are expected to make a profit of about $73,000 for the Waitaki District Council - less than if the cost of planting and operating the pine plantation had been invested at interest in a bank.
Roads damaged by two floods in North Otago since Easter could cost about $300,000 to repair, but Waitaki District Council roading manager Michael Voss warns this is an ''awful broad guess''.
"An opportunity to get rid of this crap off our streets'' has been taken by Waitaki Mayor Gary Kircher, who yesterday successfully promoted the preparation of a legal highs policy by the Waitaki District Council.
The first step has been taken in how rubbish in the Waitaki district will be disposed of after the Oamaru landfill closes in 2016.
Trains were halted for about two hours in Oamaru last night after a hose had to be run from a fire hydrant across the railway line to fight a house fire.
An accidental overdose of two drugs which killed a Waimate woman has prompted a coroner's warning about patients stockpiling medication in case they need it later.
The lives of a Waianakarua couple who died on Thursday remain a mystery to the community in which they lived.
A submerged fence appears to have been all that saved Roda Davidson from being swept away by the Kakanui River yesterday.
North Otago started drying out yesterday as the sun reappeared but any major rain over the next few weeks could cause more major flooding, Waitaki emergency services manager Chris Raine warned yesterday.
The three children of the Waianakarua couple killed on Thursday are staying with family, trying to cope with the loss of their parents.
A fatal car crash at Waianakarua early this morning led to two homicide investigations after police found the body of a woman when they went to notify her that her husband had been killed.
A first cup of tea for 24 hours, some food and sleep were all that was on Stephen Winward's mind early yesterday after being rescued from rugged country in the Waitaki Valley.
Kurow and Hakataramea yesterday celebrated the opening of the first of two new bridges over the Waitaki River linking their communities, but motorists will have to wait a couple more days before they can.
The death of an Oamaru man in a crash near Ngapara in December 2012 was a ''further example of the tragic and fatal combination of alcohol and speed'', Otago-Southland coroner David Crerar said in an inquest finding released yesterday.
Darryl Smith admits it is ''very unusual'' - a former old boy sexually abused while at Campbell Park Special School now leading a campaign to buy the Waitaki Valley property back into New Zealand ownership.
Dogs could get much more freedom on parks and reserves in the Waitaki district under changes proposed by the Waitaki District Council.
An irrigation scheme designed to bring water to about 40,000ha in the Waimate area and create up to 1200 jobs has taken a big step forward with farmers being offered shares, which will help determine if it is feasible.
Virtually all of this year's salmon release for the Waitaki River has been lost, but the Waitaki Riparian Enhancement Society is hoping for better luck this season when it starts trapping fish next month.
Power points proposed for Waimate camping reserves around the Waitaki lakes have not made everyone happy campers.
