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KCCI Explores How To Drive Success

KCCI Explores How To Drive Success

Ken Mills Toyota dealer principal Eamon Viner introduced businesspeople at the Kingaroy Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s latest meet’n’greet to the key Japanese business philosophy of “kaizen” , ie. continuous improvement.

Woman, Child Injured

Woman, Child Injured

A woman aged in her 20s and a small girl were injured in a single-vehicle crash at Wattle Camp on Tuesday evening.

$10,000 Digital Grants Open

$10,000 Digital Grants Open

The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal and Telstra are inviting community groups to apply for grants of up to $10,000 through Round 4 of Telstra’s Connected Communities grant program.

Hospital Staff Step Up Pay Campaign

Hospital Staff Step Up Pay Campaign

Opposition Leader Steven Miles planned to table nearly 2000 “invoices” in State Parliament on Wednesday from Queensland Health workers who claim they are doing hours of unpaid work.

Akaysha To Host Info Sessions

Akaysha To Host Info Sessions

Akaysha Energy, the developer of the Halys Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at Ellesmere,  plans to hold a community drop-in session later this month.

Ina’s Paying It Forward With Art

Ina’s Paying It Forward With Art

Nanango artist Ina Patterson believes in “paying it forward”, and that’s exactly what she will be doing at her March exhibition at Wondai Regional Art Gallery.

CTC Project Passes Milestone

CTC Project Passes Milestone

South Burnett CTC’s Youth Park redevelopment in Somerset Street, Kingaroy, has passed a major milestone … the roof has been fitted.

Two More Vehicles Burnt

Two More Vehicles Burnt

A car stolen from Murgon and a ute stolen from Wondai were both found burnt out early on Tuesday morning in Cherbourg.

Telstra Towers To Be Upgraded

Telstra Towers To Be Upgraded

Telstra will be upgrading two local mobile phone towers over the next fortnight, which will temporarily affect coverage in parts of the local region.

Powerful Women Get Together

Powerful Women Get Together

Women working in the power industry gathered together for an early International Women’s Day lunch and panel discussions at Kingaroy Town Hall last week.

Record Roll-Up At ‘Mochas’

Record Roll-Up At ‘Mochas’

There’s no competitions, no trophies, no entry fees – and not even any obligation to always show up – but that’s what’s made Motors’N’Mochas so popular in Kingaroy

Man Struck By Hay Bale

Man Struck By Hay Bale

An elderly man was airlifted in a critical condition after being struck by a hay bale on a Goombungee property on Sunday evening.

Exciting Nut News In Peanut Capital

Exciting Nut News In Peanut Capital

Plenty Foods unveiled its high-tech, multi-million-dollar nut powder manufacturing plant – the first of its kind in Australia – to invited guests at a special function in Kingaroy on Thursday.

REP Working With Landowners

REP Working With Landowners

Local landowners approached Wambo Wind Farm developer, Renewable Energy Partners, about the possibility of a project in the Chahpingah area, a company spokesperson said on Friday.