Red Cross offers extreme heat welfare checks as yet another heatwave hits SA
As temperatures continue to soar across the state, the Australian Red Cross has activated a rapid response phone call service for vulnerable and isolated...
Major fire at Tooperang controlled, but now fear of flare ups
While the Tooperang bushfire has been controlled, there are concerns about potential flare-ups with hot weather forecast this weekend.
The bushfire, which started on Sunday,...
New York Times shines a global spotlight on Kangaroo Island
The New York Times, one of the world’s most influential and widely read publications, has shone a global spotlight on Kangaroo Island – telling...
Young Islander Maggie shines on national stage at baseball game
Our very own, young talented Islander Maggie Banton, stole the spotlight when she delivered a standout performance of the national anthem at the Australian...
Grassfire sparked on vacant block as construction of government housing begins
The Kingscote CFS brigade on Tuesday, Jan. 20 extinguished a grassfire at a vacant block where construction of new government housing had just begun.
Police...
Great Southern Reef Foundation inspects north coast devastation
Following on from reports of algal bloom mass death and devastation, the Great Southern Reef Foundation’s Stefan Andrews immediately travelled to Kangaroo Island to...
SA grain growers wanted for pilot weed control project
A pilot weed control project set to tackle the increasing roadside weed challengers for grain growers is calling for participants.
The collaboration between the Grains...
Locals at the track enjoying Racing at the Cygnet: PHOTOS
The Kangaroo Island Racing Club hosted its annual picnic races - Racing at The Cygnet, on Saturday, Jan. 17.
Gate takings from Racing at The...
‘Kangaroo Island’ the movie wows locals at special screening
Locals who gathered to watch a special screening of “Kangaroo Island” at the yacht club on Friday left impressed with both the scenery captured...
Six questions for proponent of Katharsis KI development proposal
The Islander posed a set of six questions to proponent of the Katharsis KI development, Junctions90 founder and principal, Dina Malathounis:
1. What happens...
Pair of bikes stolen from Normanville property
Police are investigating the theft of two distinctive bikes from a house in Normanville.
Sometime between 11pm on Wednesday, February 4 and 5.30am on Thursday,...
