Sheet ice and frozen snow are making conditions treacherous for Central Otago motorists today.
The much-debated new information centre for Cromwell is finally in the starting blocks.
Communities will have a greater say in the concentration and location of alcohol outlets and what times they can open under proposed law reforms, speakers told a regional meeting on alchol issues in Alexandra this week.
A liquor accord introduced in Invercargill two years ago, whereby liquor licence holders agreed to close at 3am, had a major impact in reducing crime in the central business district.
Saving and restoring an old cottage in Clyde was impossible because "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear", the Central Otago District Council's hearings panel was told this week.
An elderly woman losing $283 in a scam has prompted a Central Otago electronics business owner to warn others about the ruse, in which computer users are phoned and asked for money to fix a non-existent virus.
A community meeting will be held in Bannockburn tonight to consider the external appearance of the town's new hall, which will replace the earthquake-unstable century-old Coronation Hall.
Bekkum is one cool cat. Hit by a car travelling at up to 100kmh on State Highway 8 near Roxburgh, the Burmese became tightly wedged behind the grille and travelled for about 35km "plastered across the front of the car" until it stopped at Alexandra, where rescuers took half an hour to free the cat.
Central Otago's first CT scanner could be operational at Dunstan Hospital within six months.
One of six people arrested during a Queenstown police drug operation in April appeared in the Auckland District Court on Friday for a plea inquiry.
Suicide prevention talks began in Australian schools when pupils were 8 years old, and being more open about the topic was one way to reduce the death toll, a veteran suicide negotiator said in Alexandra this week.
A couple of "close calls" and complaints from other road-users have prompted a warning by Alexandra police that riders of unregistered trail bikes found on public roads will be prosecuted.
The likely closure of Paerau School was a "sad state of affairs, but reality happens" Maniototo Community Board chairman Barry Becker said yesterday.
Central Otago firefighters were called to three fires within 12 hours yesterday, at Kokonga, Clyde and Alexandra.
More than 1300 Central Otago and Queenstown-Lakes patients a year are likely to benefit from a CT scanner based in the district, with the majority being non-acute cases, a report on the scanner issue has found.
One thousand people entered it, 600 finished it and two of Queenstown's own tackled the North Face 100 ultra marathon in Australia, in impressive fashion.
There may be a "hint" of recovery in the ozone layer, according to one of the international scientists with equipment based at Lauder for global climate research.
No decision has been made yet about the future of the land bought for Project Hayes, three months after Meridian Energy pulled the plug on the wind farm.
An electric "high-low" bed to replace this one in the palliative care unit at Dunstan Hospital will be bought with the $5000 proceeds of a recent Alexandra Lions Club charity golf tournament, held at the Dunstan course.
Beaumont resident Margaret Healy says she can finally "chuck away the snorkel" after living for years with the threat of the area being flooded if a hydro dam was built on the Clutha River nearby.