A WOMAN has been stung driving with an alcohol reading more than four times the legal limit. Not only that, the 47-year-old Palm Cove woman allegedly narrowly missed an oncoming police car in…
PORT Douglas has beefed up support this year with the announcement of Clive Palmer as the club’s Number One ticket holder. The reigning AFL Cairns premier hope the millionaire businessman will…
CONSTRUCTION of a new fishing platform at the old Mowbray Bridge could be completed by the end of June. The Douglas Shire Council has finished investigations into the replacement structure and was…
A resort-style villa in Port Douglas could be the town’s biggest sale in more than five years if the asking price of $10.8 million is realised. Situated on Island Point Road, Villa Hemingway has…
THE recent heavy rain may have caused havoc for motorists, beach goers, sports fans and holiday makers trying to head home, but for locals, Douglas Shire Mayor Julia Leu today announced the news…
A family has described how they tried frantically to save three sheep from washing away in floodwater yesterday. Nine of the animals were left stranded after a rising Cassowary Creek…
FOR more than 50 guests checking out of Silky Oaks Lodge, yesterday’s heavy rains was not only dramatic from the flooding it caused on the Anich Bridge, it turned into an adventure when they were…
7 ROMANTIC WAYS TO CELEBRATE VALENTINE'S DAY IN PORT DOUGLAS Who says romance is dead? Newsport takes you through 7 Valentine’s Day options ahead of the day of lurve on Tuesday 14 February.…
YOU know it has been raining when people are kayaking down the street. Port Douglas has been lashed with more than 150mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours causing problems on roads and across town,…
FORMER prime minister Tony Abbott’s call for a referendum to change the constitution to reduce the power of the Senate is, at last, an admission from the conservative side that the Constitution is…
