Sarah Marquet

Alexandra Taxis, the town's only taxi service, is to close at the end of this month.

With the possible line up reduced by illness, injury and ice hockey commitments, the 2012 New Zealand Luge Championships were contested by only nine people.

Developers of a Tarras irrigation scheme have asked the Central Otago District Council to guarantee in principle a $27.4 million bank loan, a move which could prompt the council to set a policy for such requests in the future.

Crime in Cromwell has dropped by 34.1% over the last year but disorder around licensed premises has increased, the Cromwell Community Board was told this week.

Although the start of Alexandra Blossom Festival is still over a week away, judging of the 2012 princesses has already begun.

For Alexandra teacher Glenis Anderson, seeing her niece's hockey team win the K Cup was a bit emotional.

Former Molyneux Park groundsman Richard McAlevey says he is pleased with the outcome of an Employment Relations Authority finding that he was unjustifiably dismissed.

A Maniototo health service integration, which is expected to bring a "sigh of relief", will go ahead next month.

What do you do when your job and lifestyle causes you excruciating pain?

Lines of every description are filling the walls of Alexandra's Russell Henderson Art Gallery after a photography exhibition attracted the largest number of entrants organisers have seen.

Police in Cromwell have noticed an "upsurge" in the number of people driving on suspended licences, especially younger people.

Alexandra volunteer firefighter John Mawhinney puts out the last of the fire after a burn-off in the paddock behind him was fanned by a gusty northwest wind near Alexandra early yesterday afternoon.

The driver of a car described by police as a "death-trap on wheels" has been issued multiple fines and charged with reckless driving for endangering his three young children, his partner and, potentially, other road users.

The old White Horse Hotel at Becks in Central Otago was once the hub of the small town. When a new one was built over the road, the abandoned pub soon fell into disrepair and Central Otago risked losing a valuable piece of its history. Sarah Marquet finds out how a small group of volunteers stepped in to save the hotel.

A dinner advertised "to be eaten with gusto but no cutlery" has proved to be so popular in the small Central Otago town of Clyde that organisers have had to run it for a second night.

With a can of beer acting as a "carrot on a stick" more than 100 competitors ran distances of up to 100km in the Great Naseby Water Race on Saturday.

Waitangi Day celebrations, Blues Brews and barbecue-style picnics, a Miss Alexandra swimsuit competition and other events could be on the summer calendar after funding applications were granted this week.