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Cotton makes comeback as dryland crop

MORE than 90 dryland producers and cotton industry personnel have attended a series of dryland cotton information meetings in central Queensland – reaffirming...

Getting down and dirty

DYSART residents got their hands dirty to clean the streets of rubbish and win the 2010 Ergon Tidy Towns statewide RACQ Litter Prevention Award.

Strut your stuff on the Emerald catwalk

Lights, cameras, fashion - for the girls of Emerald who dream of strutting their stuff on the catwalks of the world, your career can begin right here.

Ned lands on his feet

BACK in January the Central Queensland News reported on seven dogs that were dumped, starving, on an Emerald property.

Melanies scaling career mountains

BMA Moranbah mine employee Melanie Gordon has been named as a finalist for the 2010 Telstra Queensland Business Women's Awards.

A BRAVERY award given to Emerald

A BRAVERY award given to Emerald's John James Paris for his part in a 1950 rescue mission is on display in the Object Exhibition at Emerald Art Gallery this...

Fathers Day - rains on the way

GRAND finals footy for all codes has a cloud hanging over it this weekend, with light rain forecast for the Central Highlands region.

AEC fishes for answers to Flynn ballot bungle

THE seat of Flynn has become embroiled in a ballot bungle with an investigation now underway into the incorrect handling of 452 postal votes.

Why 60kmh is new safe speed

ONE driver, a crack shot behind the wheel obviously, gunned his engine down Rifle Range Road, recording a speed of 132.4kmh.

Witnesses describe skid

WITNESS statements to police investigating the fatality on ramp 16 at the Wesfarmers Curragh Mine which claimed the life of a 55-year-old Woombye contractor on...

Old bombs wanted

CALLING all clapped-out, unwanted cars – we need you to ensure the QFRS Blackwater station is in the driver's seat when it hosts the central region Road Crash...

Love times 14 for superdad

PAUL Young can be certain he's in for a big treat this Father's Day – the Emerald pastor has 14 children to whip him up a special breakfast in bed.

Fatal shooting at Anakie

BREAKING: POLICE scientific officers are this morning travelling to the scene of a fatal shooting at Anakie, 350km west of Rockhampton.

Labors new mines tax

A LABOR-imposed mines tax is nowhere near as detrimental to the coal industry as an emissions trading scheme, warns a leading figure in the mining community.

Warming up with a week to go

THERE is just over a week to go before teams get their walking shoes on at the Central Highlands Relay for Life.