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Year that was in Augusta – May

MAY 01/05/2025: The Port Augusta City Council turned its focus once again to the future of the West Side Jetty, which had been closed since...

Special Christmas leftovers

HAM AND ZUCCHINI SLICE Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 40 minutes Serves: 8 people INGREDIENTS 200g leftover Christmas ham, roughly chopped, plus extra...

Apprentices key to future

WHYALLA - The strength of the Whyalla Steelworks’ future workforce was highlighted recently, with OneSteel apprentices receiving significant recognition at the Mine Spec Whyalla...

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Sport

Year that was in sport – March

MARCH 06/03/2025: The Port Augusta Basketball Under 9 competition was conducted in a round-robin format, with 11 Division One boys’ and girls’ teams and 12...

Year that was in sport – February

FEBRUARY 06/02/2025: There were some great games of cricket played in the Spencer Gulf League, with three out of the four matches coming right down...

Year that was in sport – January

JANUARY 02/01/2025: Round eight of local cricket was played before the holiday break, with Proprietary taking on, and defeating, South Port in the A Grade...

Juniors’ carnival success

PORT AUGUSTA - At the recent Port Pirie Junior Carnival Port Augusta under 16B1, under 16G1 and under 12B1 were successful grand final winners....

Souths in prime position

REGION - South Augusta recorded a three-wicket victory over Roopena in its Port Augusta A grade cricket match on Saturday, chasing down a modest...

Central Red triumphant

PORT AUGUSTA - Round eight of the Port Augusta Eightball Association competition produced probably the most even round of the season so far. SOUTH BULLDOGS...

SA Government

Vouchers directly boost visitation

THE hospitality and tourism sector in the Whyalla region is seeing a welcome boost this summer, thanks to the Coast is Calling Travel Voucher...

Tackling SA’s algal bloom

A harmful algal bloom has been impacting large stretches of South Australia’s coastline since mid-March. South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) Executive Director Professor...

How to access business support through algal bloom

The State Government’s Department of State Development is providing a range of measures to support impacted businesses, and their owners and staff, through the...

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Lance’s 50 years of pride

PORT PIRIE - Lance Leak has been honoured for 50 years of dedicated service to the Lions Club, a journey that began in Tintinara...

Strong year of growth

PORT AUGUSTA – The Port Augusta City Council says 2025 has been a year of remarkable progress, community engagement, and forward-looking initiatives, setting the...

Year that was in Augusta – February

FEBRUARY 06/02/2025: The Hawker Area School Student Representative Council was involved in a variety of initiatives in 2024 to help support the community and raise...

From the editor’s desk

As the year draws to a close, we want to take a moment to extend our sincere thanks to all our readers. Your support...

Looking to festive season

We will enjoy Christmas Day. Why? Because in regional communities it marks one of the rare moments when the pace genuinely slows. Shops close,...

Push for accessible facilities

QUORN/HAWKER - The Flinders Ranges Council has been preparing a funding application to be delivered to the Federal Government’s Accessible Australia Initiative – Changing...