It is time to celebrate in the Douglas Shire, both the Year of the Horse for the local Chinese community and the new Heatwave festival as a celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community taking place this weekend.

And your FREE Newsport Daily Print is on hand to help in those celebrations, giving you all the information on how to get involved and, hopefully, capturing some of you in attendance.

Newsport Print is now on the stands and bringing you up to speed on local happenings, events and sporting successes.

Debate is raging in Wonga with fears a new top class resort will put local properties at further flood risk unless the approach to beach and drain clearing considers actions previously proved a success.

And there has been plenty of debate also, in the council chambers and the wider community, about what flags our representative body should be flying. Catch up on that news and the comments in our regular You Said It comments section.

Rex Smeal Park is going green all year ‘round with a new irrigation system while there is also growth for a number of our fantastic local businesses taking some feature space inside the pages.

A timely warning from mum of three and nurse Brooke Rigby on acting quick and taking precautions around the ever present wet season mud and some sharp news bites give you a taste of what is happening locally and all the way to the Tip of Cape York.

Socials and a splash of young sport stars on the back page mean you’re sure to see someone you know in Newsport’s glossy print edition.