Hundreds of people gathered in Lawrence yesterday for the Wairere South Romneys National Finals Rodeo, which began in the afternoon with the first of three go-rounds.
Three is the magic number for saddle bronc rider Simon Roughan - he is hoping for three good rides today and tomorrow at the National Finals Rodeo in Lawrence.
A Cromwell man received serious injuries after he was hit by the back door of a truck being driven down the main street of Lawrence yesterday morning.
An elderly woman was rescued by firefighters after her house was engulfed by smoke on Tuesday night.
A spate of crashes occurred on State Highway 1 between Henley and Balclutha on Sunday, including one that closed the highway for an hour and a-half.
A glimmer of hope has returned to Milton with news that a Christchurch-based company is interested in buying the town's struggling woollen mill.
Rural schools offered a quality education, those gathered at an official opening ceremony near Balclutha were told on Friday.
South Otago is continuing to help raise $3 million for neurosurgery positions in the South with a creative fundraiser unveiled in Owaka on Friday night.
A South Otago woman will represent New Zealand in clay target shooting in Wales in July.
Hot weather and clear blue skies drew people to the Clutha River at Balclutha on Saturday for the 2012 Big River Festival.
A year of preparation will culminate in two days of competition, man versus animal, at the national rodeo finals in Lawrence next weekend.
Faster internet is critical to Clutha businesses, a digital survey by the Clutha District Council shows.
Clutha will be the first district in New Zealand to use wheelie bins made from waste milk bottles when its new recycling scheme begins next month.
A Balclutha man emerged relatively unscathed when the milk tanker he was driving overturned 2km south of Clinton yesterday morning, closing State Highway 93 for several hours.
A man emerged relatively unscathed when the milk tanker he was driving overturned 2km south of Clinton this morning.
Clinton district residents can buy fuel and groceries in their own township again, knowing the power of their community made it all happen.
A group of Telford students and their tutors have been hailed as heroes after extinguishing a kitchen fire, which had already burned a mother and threatened her two young children, in a South Otago farmhouse.
Family court and disputes tribunal hearings are returning to Balclutha, but criminal hearings will remain in Gore until further notice.
A proposed sewerage scheme for Benhar is one step closer to becoming a reality after rating areas for the township were set yesterday by the Clutha District Council.
The West Otago Community Board is considering whether there should be a war memorial for the former Kelso township.
