Jono Edwards

The long-awaited $3.3million Alexandra ice skating rink upgrade may soon be under way with a $650,000 community board grant, but the facility will remain where it is.

The Vincent Community Board will today decide whether to provide a "loan'' for part of a $3.3 million Alexandra ice rink reconstruction project.

Altruistic Alexandra woman Liz Duggan always said she would join the senior queen competition when she turned 80, but was "overwhelmed'' to actually win.

The Lake Roxburgh Hall could be saved from sale as a new community group looks likely to take it over.

An Ettrick design pair will bring youthful creativity and experience to the table at the Teviot Valley Wearable Tartan Art Awards this weekend.

A coroner will investigate the death of Czech tramper Ondrej Petr on the Routeburn Track in July.

Alexandra's Thunder Sunday drag races could return later this year, but the beer bottles will have to stay at home.

The line of "Dolly Partons" were so in character at the Omakau Stars in Your Eyes showcase this weekend,  calls of "Please don’t take my man" may have been heard from the crowd.

A proposed cycleway between Cromwell and Bannockburn  will not be built this year.

About 3000 Central Otago children will have more money for candy floss as they score free tickets to the blossom festival’s weekend carnival.

When bidders raise their hands at a Roxburgh charity auction tonight, helping a 9-year-old local boy’s cancer recovery will be on their minds.

A $1.25 million multi-purpose facility will provide some relief to the growing Cromwell Primary School as well as a space for community organisations.

The Government's ''bulk funding'' education proposal will result in ''bulk teaching'' with larger class sizes and tired teachers, Central Otago educators say.

Police dropping their opposition to the Omakau Trots' liquor licence brought a feeling ''somewhere between relief and excitement'' to Central Otago Trotting Club president Graham Sinnamon.

The Omakau Trots could be in the clear this year as police withdraw their opposition to the event's liquor licence.

Liquor licensing hurdles have brought an Alexandra drag racing kindergarten fundraiser to a screeching halt.

A weed-control group is ''thrilled'' Land Information New Zealand (Linz) has adopted a 10-year-plan to deal with Lake Dunstan's lagarosiphon problem.

Even after 25 years in the brigade, two Alexandra volunteer firefighters will drop everything for a callout.

Mushers battled a tough track at the weekend as they and their dogs bolted through the Naseby Forest well into the night.

A building planned for  Cromwell’s hockey turf promises spectators shelter from the cold.