Douglas Shire Council’s Disaster Management Unit team members Shane Brumby and Natascha Schwarzer. Picture: Douglas Shire Council Douglas Shire Council has responded to an urgent call for assistance ...

A Mowbray father and son have been convicted for a series of drug-trafficking-related offences. Paul Micheal Heidke, 45, was sentenced in Cairns Supreme Court to nine years and three months in jail, ...

Baby crocodile hatchlings have been inundating the Daintree River region, to the delight of tourists and locals alike. Picture: David Cook Daintree River tour operators are overjoyed about a recent ...

Wonga Beach artist Kassandra Savage is part of the 20 th year of You & Me, a celebration of First Nations artists across Far North Queensland and the Torres Strait. UMI Arts will ...

An Urgent Care Clinic would be built in Cairns North if Labor is successful at the Federal Election. Free urgent care, fully bulk billed, without waiting hours in a busy hospital emergency department, ...

Sadly the retaining sea wall will be so high that it will obscure half of palm cove so we as residents spend millions to build a wall to obscure a view that millions pay to visitor. There was a public ...

Luigi Scomazzon and Dalta Hatfield working hard to keep produce on the tables of Douglas Shire during the food shortages early in February. Picture: Bryan Littlely In our latest monthly photo gallery ...

Not all disruption is good, but we as a society need to challenge the way we do things. Maybe not his way, but disruption is essential or we will literally grind to a halt as we wade our way through ...

Sugar manufacturers have welcomed a plan to secure our food and bioenergy future with the Feeding Australia strategy announced by the Federal Agriculture Minister, Julie Collins, with Australian Sugar ...

The names of the first bands for music festival Savannah Sounds are about to drop. Picture: Savannah in the Round Are you as keen as us to find out who the headline acts are for Savannah Sounds? Well, ...

Picture: Douglas Shire Council The contractor tasked with building Port Douglas’ new $4.75m Splash Park will be arriving next ...