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Southside shop works set to start

WORK could be starting on the AHC Limited Southside shopping centre complex development as soon as next Monday.

Bus driver convicted after crash

THE driver of a mini bus was lucky he and a passenger were not hurt when he caused a three-car pile-up on River Terrace.

Major projects boost Imbil

PROGRESS has its price at Imbil, apparently, where two almost adjacent developments seem likely to increase the town's population by up to 50 per cent.

Asbestos scare closes quarry

AN asbestos scare has closed Gympie Regional Council's Monkland quarry.
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Pool opens for long hot summer

THE water may be still a cool 19 degrees, but the Gympie Memorial Swimming Pool will re-open its doors from tomorrow.

Students join in music celebration

GYMPIE Special School didn't let technical difficulties stop its involvement in Australia's largest singalong, Count Us In.

Scooter passes through Gympie

CZECH-born Vratka Pokorna is pushing a scooter 4300 kilometres from Port Douglas to Melbourne to raise money for Save the Children.

Green light for retirement plan

A 160-UNIT retirement village proposal seems set for a green light from Gympie Regional Council, after yesterday's Planning and Development Committee meeting.

Claims of Fraser Island 'cover-up'

THE Queensland Government's World Heritage management of Fraser Island has been called into question internationally over claimed incompetence and malice.
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Historical bridge demolished

MORE than 120 years of history have disappeared at Kilkivan with the removal of the overhead railway bridge in Bridge Street this week.
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No answers to chopper stunt

POLICE nor paramedics could work out why two teenagers risked their lives by running towards a helicopter when it was taking off from Rainbow Beach.

Bligh dodges poll 'responsibility'

EITHER way she wants to look at it, Anna Bligh is a dud as state Premier and a failure as ALP national president – and that is according to the Labor Party.
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Man fronts court over brawl

WATCHING the nightlife from the roof of James Nash Arcade on August 8, the Wide Bay Tactical Crime Squad spotted two men being evicted from Billy's Hotel.

Sun comes out for pony show

WIDE Bay Shetland Pony Promotion Group members couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day to show their ponies at Gunalda.

Teen let off serious charges

A GYMPIE teenager who got caught up with a group of people involved in an illicit drug lab had a charge of producing dangerous drugs downgraded in court.