Lynda van Kempen

The push to save the Clyde Railway Station is gathering steam.

Decreased speed limits affecting Central Otago towns, including near busy intersections beside Albert Town and Arrowtown, will come into effect within the next week.

The Blossom Festival got the "thumbs-up" from Australian comedy duo Hamish Blake and Andy Lee.

The scent of thyme mingled with the reek of burning rubber at the Alexandra airport yesterday.

A blossom-coated fire engine float stole the show at the 56th annual Blossom Festival grand parade today as a bumper crowd turned out to take part in the festivities.

The scene is set for Alexandra's annual spring fling - the blossom trees are in peak bloom, the weather forecast is good and the Blossom Festival Grand Parade should live up to its name and then some.

Lady Gaga, John Key and the Earnslaw were among the keys to success in the Central Otago finals of the Otago Daily Times Extra! current events quiz in Cromwell yesterday.

The joint winners of the 2012 Inland Otago Conservancy Awards are John Gibson, of Patearoa, and Fran O'Connor, of Queenstown.

It was a brisk dip in the freezing waters of Pinders Pond, near Roxburgh, for 18 hardy entrants in the inaugural Pinders Plunge on Saturday.

Stefan van Welie will soon be able to retire his alarm clock.

Central Otago scientists played a pivotal role in the Montreal Protocol and the success of the environmental treaty is being celebrated this week, 25 years after it was signed.

Heritage advocacy in Central Otago has received a shot in the arm with the formation of a new independent organisation, say the people behind the group.

Central Otago's first CT scanner should be operating at Dunstan Hospital by March and the proponents are confident they will find all the funding needed for the million-dollar project.

Drunk and violent patrons forced the early closure of two Central Otago hotels over the weekend and both incidents will be referred to the licensing authorities.

Consent has been sought to plant 50ha of Douglas fir on the Lammermoor Range in an area classified as an outstanding natural landscape.

The owner of a Muttontown lifestyle block is "bloody annoyed" after losing eight of his nine ewes in the past month following dog attacks.

No teenager getting the keys to their first car could be more excited than Alzheimers Society Central Otago support worker Marina Rodger was this week.