A woman who drove her car through the shop window of a Smithfield business last Friday has been arrested for drink driving. Police said “substantial damage” was done to the Faculty Close business ...

The Douglas Shire has suffered multiple setbacks in recent times with Covid, the Jasper floods and then the Mossman Mill closure,’’ Mr Kempton said. “Whilst the impacts of Covid have largely passed, ...

The most widely known verse of Dorothea Mackellar’s poem My Country is no doubt being spoken across our wide brown land - at ...

Wow I was swimming there recently. It's not a shark it's a shovel nose stingray they hunt crabs in the shallow water, no ...

After being named 2024 College Dux and receiving the prestigious Anthony Family Trophy, Douglas Shire local Tully Smith ...

After a short break, the Yachty is back with new leadership, fresh upgrades, a bold menu, and a packed calendar ...

A Port Douglas paramedic has taken stunning drone footage of a 2m reef shark trapped in the Four Mile Beach swimming ...

Picture: Jamie Jansen In our latest monthly photo gallery, we have selected some of the best photos taken across the district for the month of March.

A man who had travelled down from Aurukun has been arrested for walking the Cairns CBD streets brandishing a pair of scissors. The 26-year-old Aurukun man, who had a warrant out on him at the time, ...

Tracey/Phil Ryan A 2m reef shark is trapped in the Four Mile Beach swimming enclosure at Port Douglas while authorities try ...