YORKE Peninsula Council will spend $85,000 to refresh design work for North Coast Road in Point Turton.

HARDWICKE Bay residents say they are hoping they won’t have to pick up the pieces after an accident, or be involved in another near miss, at the Yorke Highway and Beach Road intersection this long weekend.

YORKE Peninsula Council has distributed more than $100,000 to community groups through its annual community grants program.

BUSINESS SA and Kadina Chamber of Commerce are co-hosting a free Regional Voice forum at the Copper Coast Sport and Leisure Centre, Kadina, tomorrow evening, Wednesday, September 26.

WAROOKA and Point Turton will have a more sustainable water supply after being connected to the River Murray network early next month.

BARUNGA West Council has divvied out $30,000 to 13 local community groups.

FRIENDS of Innes National Park hosted more than 120 delegates from around the state at the 31st Friends of Parks Forum, based at Stenhouse Bay, Friday to Sunday, September 14-16.

LACHLAN Stone, of North Beach, was named the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year Award at this year’s South Australian Training Awards.

ALMOST 100 people attended the SOS Yorkes Suicide Pre­vention Network screening of Suicide: The Ripple Effect at Maitland on Monday, September 10.

THE Copper Coast Cup is bringing some of the nation’s best riders to the region on Saturday and Sunday, October 6-7.