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  Port Pirie’s West Primary School is one of 26 schools across SA pulling it’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics education into the future. The developments, part of the State Government’s “Stem Works Upgrades,” will kit out schools across SA including Port Pirie’s West Primary, with more advanced facilities and technology. Last year, the state government...

Regional SA’s hospital staff shortages are getting to the point where patient care is being compromised.The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) SA Branch, have said that staff shortages at major regional hospitals such as; Whyalla, Port Augusta, Port Pirie and Mount Gambier hospitals, has given nurses no choice but...

Another Clare School has complained about drivers not slowing down on the city’s roads.Auburn Primary School says St Vincent Street and Port Road, and especially Balaklava Road are hotspots for leadfoot drivers. Auburn Primary says despite the drivers being the culprits, it is the responsibility of the Clare and Gilbert...

Just days after police released a statement on the circulation of fake $50 notes around Whyalla, a man has been arrested on deception charges.Last week, the man was allegedly identified on CCTV passing counterfeit notes at a service station and fast food outlet and was quickly arrested by Whyalla police.It’s...

Clare Valley is going to be invaded by a collection of vintage cars this weekend.As part of the 2017 National Veteran Vehicle Rally, Clare Valley has been chosen as a base for 6 nights, as the cars make a number of day long rallies through the MidNorth and Copper Coast.There’s...

SA Health are urging families to immunize against Whooping Cough as cases in regional SA continue to rise.Riverton in particular has been hit hard by the illness, with 21 confirmed cases at it’s primary school alone.In comparison, within SA another 18 perceived cases have been recorded.The spike started earlier this...

Students from the School of Architecture at the University of Adelaide are back in Port Augusta today to give one of the city’s public spaces a new lick of paint. The area in front of the Old Court House on Commercial Rd, will get a new look as part of...

In local footy, the North Eastern Football League and Spencer Gulf Football League both have their A-Grade grand finals this weekend. In Riverton the R.S.M.U Hawks play the B.S.R Tigers at Riverton Oval from 2:15pm. The Hawks only loss of the season came in Round 5 at the hands of...

A Hiker that went missing in the Flinders Ranges on Tuesday has been found and rescued.The alarm was raised with police at 9.30pm on Tuesday night, by a friend of the hiker when he didn’t return as temperatures dropped under 7 degrees.Luckily the injured man had phone reception and contacted...

A nurse from Port Pirie, has taken home a $10,000 scholarship to study and become a midwife.The desire to study started at a young age for Pirie’s Rosie Wallace, who says in year 10 she realized her passion lay in nursing and midwifery.The scholarship itself was left from a WW2...