A man died after being hit by a ute on the Captain Cook Highway in South Mossman at about 9.10pm last night. The 29-year-old Cooktown man died at the scene, while the driver of the white Holden ...

Having lifted the Facebook bans just one week ago, the engagement and comments are flowing faster than cane out of a turned on its side truck. We love the engagement from our readers. It comes from ...

Port Douglas’s 16-year-old soprano prodigy, Holly Dowell, performs a special farewell recital this Sunday at St Mary’s Church. Port Douglas’s 16-year-old opera prodigy, soprano Holly Dowell, will take ...

Forests from the coast to the mountain tops are the focus of a new $2.25 million project in the Wet Tropics region. The eastern forests of Far North Queensland have become a ‘priority place’ in the ...

A young Mareeba girl remains missing with Queensland Police appealing for information on her whereabouts and adding her to the scroll of those on its website where families desperately await ...

Just days after Newsport revealed plans by Douglas Shire Council to "de-nut" a large number of coconut palms, Port Douglas resident Maggie Kelly shares her safety concerns and hopes for a pathway she ...

Local First Nations people have expressed bitter disappointment following the axing of the Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry by the LNP on November 4. The Inquiry - a key stage of the Path to Treaty ...

Clean up crews have been at work earlier this afternoon clearing sugar cane and re-righting a cane carrier which overturned ...

Marine Rescue Port Douglas volunteers watch as the agreement to transfer to Marine Rescue Queensland is signed. Picture: Supplied The Port Douglas boating and yachting community can expect some big ...

It is worth mentioning this as the Government flaffs around trying to respond to the shrinking role of cash in the economy and growing tendency for businesses to refuse taking cash for payments.