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, ...

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 ...

Former Port Douglas dive instructor Jess McQueen has been killed in a car crash in northern Western Australia. Ms McQueen, 27, was involved in a single-car rollover on the outskir ...

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 ...

Mossman farmers are looking into the viability of a Far North Queensland rice industry. Mossman farmers searching for a reliable crop to help replace the flagging local sugar industry have been ...

Angela Whittaker and Shanise Picton are making their mark in construction at Port Douglas Windows & Glass. The yellow car in the background is a gift Angela purchased for her husband, Ady, a dream ...

The movements on the day Toyah Cordingley died of the man charged with her murder have dominated proceedings at the start of the second week of the Supreme Court of Queensland tri ...

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 ...

In our new editorial series “Voices of the Reef” we interview interesting people with a passion for the reef and conservation.

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

Police have conducted a series of raids across the district. Four men have been arrested on drug-related charges following separate police raids across the Douglas Shire region on the weekend. Mossman ...

Commuters have shared their anger online about the deaths of magpie geese on Douglas Shire thoroughfares, including reports of a driver hitting and killing a magpie goose on purpo ...