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Lockhart River Airport will be closed until at least tomorrow after a severe downpour on Thursday damaged the airstrip.
With the possibility of further showers in the Cooktown region and further…
A damaged motorbike with broken handlebars remained propped up next to the Captain Cook Highway south of Port Douglas on Sunday morning after a crash on Saturday evening.
A man in his 20s was…
There has, for very obvious reasons, been plenty of talk - and plenty of stories - about the weather so far in 2025.
Big rains, and big floods are commonplace in Far North Queensland. Water is a…
Farm safety is on the agenda for the Federal Election with Nationals leader David Littleproud saying a future Coalition Government will provide $2.5m across three years for farm safety, by…
A $5.77m disaster coordination centre in Douglas Shire will mostly be funded by the federal government if the LNP gets into power at the May 3 federal Election, the Leichhardt candidate has…
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Albo's currently in Cairns. Did anyone invite him an hour up the broken road that hasn't been repaired for 18 months? To look at the dilapidated Marina that was…
Far North Queenslanders can now fly direct to Fiji on Fiji Airways after the airline this week started a new service.
The Fiji airline has started up at Cairns Airport for the first time with a…
Monsoonal weather has pushed back the completion date of the Port Douglas Splash Park to August, as work takes place to install a new sewer system at the site later this month.
Before it can be…
Mareeba Shire Council is now inviting groups, organisations, business operators, artists and individuals who work or volunteer in the arts, culture and heritage sector to complete the Mareeba Shire…
Social media users on Cape York road update pages are flooding the feed with dramatic images of floods impacting roads across the Cape as more wild weather hits the region and its roads today.
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The latest Newsport Daily Print edition is out on the streets and it includes all the stuff we love in the Douglas Shire… Carnivale, Crocs and Community among them.
Joining the splash of Carnivale…
A 21-year-old Wujal Wujal man who pleaded guilty to the strangulation of the mother of his children until she felt dizzy, and couldn’t breathe, has received a three-year sentence.
Lyndon…
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Simon George & Sons is well known across Far North Queensland for helping to put the highest standard produce on the tables of the finest restaurants in the region.
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A Daintree man has been arrested by police after allegedly being seen performing an indecent act with no clothes on in a Mossman park yesterday.
Mossman detectives arrested the 55-year-old after…
Temporary fencing, peeling paint and boarded-up windows.
This is what confronts people who walk along the waterfront next to one of Port Douglas’s biggest tourism drawcards, the Crystalbrook…
Students and seniors hit it off at the first event of the 2025 Senior Buddies Program, bonding over stories of life before smartphones, old-school milk deliveries, and music on vinyl.
Residents…
As a longtime fan of ABBA’s music, I walked into the Clink Theatre with high hopes, and the Douglas Theatre Arts Group did not disappoint.
From the moment the lights went dim it was clear…
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is right: there should be some serious rethinking about the role of the federal Education Department, which he says does not run one school.
There is a very good…
Crocodile numbers must be reduced to a point where there is an “acceptable risk” you will not be taken by a croc if you choose to swim in a Far North Queensland waterway, a public briefing has…
The Port Douglas and District Probus Club traded their usual morning tea for something a little more active on Friday, March 21, heading to Mossman Bowls Club for a fun-filled afternoon of barefoot…
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