Community bonds are flourishing at Port Douglas State School, where the senior buddy program is in full swing. Year 5 and 6 students have been connecting with their Oz Care buddies through trivia, ...

Police are appealing for witnesses after an incident last month where a man’s fishing equipment was thrown into the water at Rex Smeal Park in Port Douglas. Several videos have been doing the rounds ...

Works on the new bigger and better Daintree Ferry are kicking off, with upgrades to the road approaches north and south of the river set to continue to November. A Kuku Yalanji sm ...

His manner might have been brusque but he deeply cared for his patients - such a loss to the community. I saw him last Friday and he seemed well and happy... such a shock. My mind goes back to the mid ...

The Federal Government has announced funding for the next stage of the Cairns bypass road. A major road helping link Douglas ...

The Douglas Shire community is waking to the news that much respected long term local doctor, Dr John Archer, has died. News ...

A car crash on the Captain Cook Highway north of the Ferero Road turnoff at Craiglie has closed the road in both directions.

A photo released by police of a red tractor similar to the one used in the escape and, inset, escapee Michael Graeme Rennie. Pictures: QPS More details have emerged about the bizarre case of the ...