A family group from Australia and Asia escaped unharmed when their vehicle overturned on a corner next to the Tarras golf course about 10am on Saturday.
The ignition source of the fire which gutted an Ophir house late on Tuesday night this week has been determined as an electrical fault.
When Omakau chief fire officer Sam Leask responded to a call late on Tuesday night, he thought his neighbour and tenant had for some reason decided to light the wood pile.
The first new-season Central Otago cherries are already on the shelves, although growers have mixed opinions of how the season is shaping up.
Almost 10 years after the first vines were planted at their Central Otago vineyard, owners and employees at Grasshopper Rock are again tasting success.
Cromwell business owner Gary Anderson reckons the new Lode Lane public toilets are "flash" and much better than the "heinous" 25-year-old ones that were demolished.
When members of the Clyde Volunteer Fire Brigade gathered at their station recently to respond to a call, they found themselves in an embarrassing situation.
After a successful first year in Cromwell, organisers of an annual hoedown are already well on the way to organising the next one.
An area north of Cromwell classed as a significant amenity landscape could be subdivided to permit four houses, if applicant Seaview Farm Trust get its way.
Armed with air rifles, silencers and night-vision goggles, hunters will be staking out the Alexandra bridge over the next few weeks.
The 2012 Alexandra Thyme Festival came to a close yesterday with a talent quest, market day and community garage sale.
A group of Cromwell residents are disappointed a legal opinion could see their local community board agree to building a BMX bike park in their midst.
Central Otago's golden celebrations will continue next month as the 150th anniversary of Bendigo, one of the "most significant" gold rush areas, is marked.
A sleepless night fighting frost which threatened their crops was "just part of the job" for Central Otago orchardists.
A conservation architect's report on the historic former Clyde railway station has recommended urgent repair work estimated to cost $90,000 - and it will be up to the community to decide how that could be funded.
Seeing challenges as opportunities and working together to promote Central Otago were the messages from a cycle tourism workshop in Alexandra this week.
Alexandra could be without a general practitioner working after hours from December 1.
Two of the country's last open unlined landfills, one in Patearoa and another in Tarras, are to close by the end of the year.
In a stuffy Alexandra room on a gloomy day, six men and one woman heard how close to the chopping block their elected positions could be.
The staff of Cold Gold Clutha Ltd's Roxburgh-based dredge have been made redundant and the vessel is to be taken off the river.
