3/12/2008 | Iron ore miner Centrex Metals could establish operations near Cowell as early as 2013, following promising assay results this month. Centrex will complete a 5000m diamond drill program at the Bungalow magnetite deposit, 9km north of Cowell, within the week.
3/12/2008 | Homebuyers in the District Council of Franklin Harbour have seen Australia’s biggest increase in residential stamp duty as a percentage of household incomes over the past five years, according to a BankWest survey.
3/12/2008 | The Royal Life Saving Society of Australia (RLSSA) has withdrawn endorsement for the SA Government Vacswim program this year. On Eastern Eyre Peninsula, where RLSSA courses are not currently offered, Vacswim participants will not receive skill recognition for Levels 1 to 7.
3/12/2008 | Cowell man Robert Walsh has hit out at State Government plans to relocate shacks at Lucky Bay.
3/12/2008 | An impressive 49 entries hit the court last week for the annual Dicker Cup Junior Tennis Tournament. The tournament, which has been running for more than 40 years, was held in Kimba on Friday, November 28, 2008.
3/12/2008 | Police are still investigating an accident at Lock which saw a 68-year-old man trapped in his vehicle after reversing the Ford sedan into a tree.
3/12/2008 | Local CFS crews attended a fire started by lighting on an Arno Bay property on Wednesday, November 26, 2008.
3/12/2008 | The Eastern Eyre Peninsula has demonstrated a regional commitment to sustainability, sweeping the awards pool at the 2008 KESAB Tidy Towns awards.
26/11/2008 | A fire that began on the Birdseye Highway 6km east of Cleve on Sunday is being regarded as suspicious.
26/11/2008 | Clean Seas Tuna is confident it will produce southern bluefin tuna fingerlings in 2009, the company told shareholders at its annual general meeting last week.
26/11/2008 | The District Council of Franklin Harbour has thrown its support behind a regional impact statement for SA’s proposed marine parks.
26/11/2008 | Wharminda Primary School will close next month, marking the end of 99 years of local education.
19/11/2008 | Eastern Eyre businesses shone at the regional round of SA Great awards announced in Port Lincoln last week.
19/11/2008 | Around 450ha of crop and stubble was set ablaze last week when high winds felled a powerline at Lock.
The fire occurred in the evening of Wednesday, November 12, when a power line fell around 3km east of Lock.
19/11/2008 | School staff across the Eastern Eyre Peninsula are gearing up to stop work on Friday as the Australian Education Union calls for further strikes to protest State Government funding models.
19/11/2008 | Unauthorised efforts to protect Lucky Bay shacks from erosion may prevent council extending its lease of the Lucky Bay sites.
19/11/2008 | Police are investigating the shooting deaths of a Port Neill couple found dead at their farm property at the weekend.
19/11/2008 | Eyre Peninsula communities have been invited to contribute to a new plan for country health in South Australia.
12/11/2008 | Cleve woolgrower Ben Ranford has returned from his 2008 Nuffield Scholarship travels with renewed determination to become more involved in the supply chain of the wool, grain and sheep meat he produces.
12/11/2008 | Cleve woolgrower Ben Ranford has returned from his 2008 Nuffield Scholarship travels with renewed determination to become more involved in the supply chain of the wool, grain and sheep meat he produces.