Lawrence will lose a lot of poles, following the Lawrence-Tuapeka Community Board's decision this week to proceed with the $338,100 underground power and street lighting component of the Lawrence Streetscape Project.
Gabriel's Gully, the focus of gold rush 150th anniversary celebrations next March, is being spruced up.
Replacing the Tawanui bridge in the Catlins is in doubt following a report from the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA), which says the cost of a new structure is "uneconomical".
The "Our Voice" school holiday programme got off to a flying start on Sunday with the "off your trolley" derby in Kaitangata.
For somebody who does not keep records, Balclutha bowler Bill Barron has amassed a large collection of titles and certificates.
The issue of public access to the country's beaches is again in the spotlight as the Government revisits the controversial Foreshore and Seabed legislation.
Fishing line and VCR tape strung across a road at neck height "could have done some serious damage", Constable Tom Taylor, of Balclutha, said.
The South Otago Theatrical Society is earnestly seeking an audience.
Waitepeka Farm is about 1000ha, and farm manager for the past 12 years Peter Gilder said this was the annual maintenance fertilisation.
Writing an essay on the township of Clinton has won South Otago High School pupil Emily Bowden the Clutha-Southland Electorate seat in the 2010 Youth Parliament.
The Catlins' landscape and tourist attractions and the needs of small-community residents will be explored by Lincoln University Bachelor of Landscape Architecture students during a three-day field trip to Owaka this week.
Clinton's 24-hour fuel stop should be pumping fuel by the end of April, but the Clinton Community Company is still looking for potential leaseholders for the facility.
Balclutha's most recognised landmark, the Clutha River bridge, turns 75 today.
The look and feel of Lawrence is set to change, with the Clutha District Council allocating a budget of $610,000 to the Lawrence Streetscape project during a council meeting on Thursday.
"Idiotic" behaviour from spectators at the Lawrence quarter-mile drag races last year has prompted police and the Clutha District Council to impose a temporary liquor ban for the races today.
A Balclutha school bus driver escaped injury after his bus (above) careered about 30m into a paddock after a collision with a truck and trailer unit near the town yesterday.
Kaitangata's new community constable had a quiet first day at his post in the township yesterday.
A suggestion by the Clutha District Council this week that a burst water main in Tapanui may have been connected to a fire at the site of the town's now-demolished hospital is being disputed by the local fire brigade.
The new lessees of the Beaumont Hotel say "it's an iconic pub", and they intend to keep it that way.
It may take three to five years to get better prices for wool, Wool Partners International chairwoman Theresa Gattung told the Rural Women New Zealand conference in Balclutha yesterday.
