Local news in brief
Interruption to traffic flow - Blackwater
Please be advised that traffic flow along MacKenzie Street in Blackwater will be impacted on Friday, 25 July from...
Resistant or not to Glyphosate
Every so often, I come up against the opinion that weed resistance is fairly easy to overcome or ignore.
Added to that thought is the...
Cattle on the move near Rolleston
Central Highlands Regional Council is advising motorists that a large herd of cattle will be moved around the Rolleston area this week, and to...
Drones deployed to deal with fire ants at Moranbah mine
State-of-the-art drone technology will be used to treat the Central Queensland mine site where fire ants were found earlier this month.
The National Fire Ant...
Plane in Oakey crash had visited Emerald in days before incident
A flight evaluation check has gone tragically wrong after a light plane crashed in a "fireball", killing two people near Oakey last Sunday.
Investigators said...
Photo found of man pointing gun at bound three-year-olds, arrests made
Detectives from Emerald Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) have charged a 44-year-old man with weapons offences and deprivation of liberty after they found a mobile...
Online scams facing young Australians
RACQ Bank has sounded the alarm on a growing digital threat facing young Australians, revealing that nearly half (45 per cent) of parents have...
Dad, son and daughter identified in Sunday’s fatal crash at Comet
Central Highlands communities are in mourning after four people, including a boy, six and a girl, seven, were killed in a highway crash near...
Navigating the challenges facing Queensland agriculture
Queensland’s agricultural sector is not only central to the state’s economy, but also a cornerstone of its identity. Yet today, it faces a range...
Four dead, two injured in Capricorn Highway tragedy
Four people have died following a fatal traffic crash in the Central Highlands on Sunday, 20 July.
Around 10.50am, police and emergency services were...
Celebrating NAIDOC Week
The Central Highlands Regional Council hosted NAIDOC celebrations on Friday, 11 July.
The 2025 national NAIDOC Week theme is 'The Next Generation: Strength, Vision and...
Prime cow prices on the up at Emerald saleyards
Agents at Emerald yarded an increased offering of 2200 head on Thursday 17 July, presenting a yarding of mixed quality.
All usual processors were...
Eagles enter Girls United Carnival
Soccer season is officially done for another year, finishing off with the Girls United Carnival in Gladstone on Saturday and Sunday, 18-19 October.
With 37...
