News

Free discs for pets after death of Patrick

DOG and cat owners in the Barunga West Council area will be entitled to free identification discs when registering their pets. At its monthly meeting on October 14, councillors supported a motion without notice from Mayor Leonie Kerley to provide...

Michelle Daw

18 hours ago

News

Exams begin on YP

YEAR 12 students across South Australia have entered their exam period, with written exams beginning statewide in late October. It is often a stressful time as, for many students, their SACE, ATAR and exam results are critical to their future goals...

Austinn Lane

18 hours ago

News

SACOSS urges adoption of YP health priorities

THE peak body for South Australia’s non-government community, social and health sectors has urged the SA Government to adopt the urgent priorities identified in the parliamentary inquiry into health services on Yorke Peninsula. SA Council of...

Michelle Daw

18 hours ago

News

Swimming jetty design released for Wallaroo

DRAFT plans for the long-awaited Wallaroo aquatic park have been released. The Copper Coast Council website shows the swimming jetty’s design with close-up views of three platforms within the play area, sectioned off by shark exclusion netting...

Contributed

18 hours ago

News

Price change for YPCT online

FROM next week’s edition (November 4), the YP Country Times is introducing a new pricing structure for online subscriptions. Instead of payment options on a per-week basis, all subscriptions will move to monthly or yearly billing. Subscribers...

Contributed

18 hours ago

News

Bute keeps Australia Day local

BUTE residents will continue their Australia Day celebrations in 2026, despite Barunga West Council’s decision earlier this year to withdraw financial support for the event. The Bute and Districts Australia Day Committee has received a $2000 grant...

Michelle Daw

18 hours ago

News

Kites to fly this weekend

KITES of all shapes and sizes will fill Wallaroo’s skies this weekend for the town’s kite festival at North Beach on Sunday, November 2. The event was originally scheduled for Saturday, October 25, but was postponed due to forecast stormy...

Contributed

18 hours ago

News

Big win for progress association

MARION Bay Progress Association is celebrating a win after years of lobbying for the speed limit past the General Store on Yorke Highway to be reduced from 80km/h to 60 km/h. The road has no footpaths, causing foot traffic to share the road with...

Caitlin Menadue

18 hours ago

News

Police News... Driver reported after crash cuts power to multiple towns

A 40-YEAR-OLD Munno Para man has been reported for multiple traffic offences after crashing into a Stobie pole at Minlaton on Saturday night, cutting power to several Yorke Peninsula towns. Emergency services were called to the intersection of Yorke...

Contributed

18 hours ago

News

Save the date for Christmas in Kadina

IT’S STARTING is to look like Christmas for organisers of Kadina’s annual pageant and carols evening. This year’s festivities will be held on Monday, December 15, hosted by Christmas in Kadina; the local Lions, Rotary and Apex Clubs; and the...

Contributed

18 hours ago

News

Maree reflects on past five years at BWC

DEPARTING Barunga West Council chief executive Maree Wauchope says, in the past five years, more than $40 million in public investment has been achieved in the council area — the largest in its history. The figure is part of her exit report to be...

Michelle Daw

18 hours ago

News

SNAP BACK

New bans spark snapper push NARUNGGA MP Fraser Ellis and a Yorke Peninsula charter boat operator have called for the snapper fishing ban to be lifted, following the announcement of new fishing restrictions along the region’s coasts. Premier Peter...

Michelle Daw

18 hours ago

News

Down the rabbit hole

MAITLAND Music and Arts Club Performing Arts School captured audiences in their latest production of Alice in Wonderland Jr. in the McKnight Theatre at Maitland Town Hall on Friday and Saturday, October 24 and 25. Directed by Leanne Cane, the...

Caitlin Menadue

18 hours ago

News

$250k program to lift spirits

A $250,000 PROGRAM to help South Australian distilleries expand locally and into export markets has been launched by the state government. The Spirits Expansion Program, to be delivered in partnership with peak body Distillers South Australia, will...

Michelle Daw

18 hours ago

News

New date for online safety event

A FREE event at Wallaroo Library to help people use online services safely will now be held on Monday, November 3. The workshop and sausage sizzle will run from 10.30am to 3pm. Originally scheduled for Tuesday, October 21, as part of Get Online...

Contributed

18 hours ago