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Grant Reynolds speaks at the Meet the Candidate event at TAFE Hervey Bay in Urraween on February 26 .

Mayoral candidate’s unconventional speech at council election night

A Meet the Candidates event held in Hervey Bay and hosted by the local chamber of commerce gave Fraser Coast voters a chance to meet the men and women vying for election on March 16, and the one person who wants to take the mayor’s job off George Seymour.

The $1.5 million development at Bamboo Land in Torbanlea is set for completion by 2025.

‘Big industry’: Bamboo business grows with $1.5m riverside construction

The owner of a popular Torbanlea nursery has unveiled details of a $1.5m development that will include a cafe and shop on the banks of the Burrum River.

Rhonda Acworth had a near miss when she came face to face with a Eastern Brown snake.

‘Blood ran cold’: Climbing eastern brown busts venomous snake myth

A regional Queensland woman got the fright of her life when her cat started hissing and she turned around to the chilling sight of a venomous eastern brown defying gravity on her flyscreen. More photos:

Police & Courts

Kelly Ann Glover leaves Hervey Bay Magistrate Court on January 22, 2024.

‘Rushed into role’: Manager at major RSL charged over gambling fail

A woman who was a supervisor at an RSL club with one of the largest pokies empires in Queensland, has been sentenced for failing to stop a known gambling addict from going into gaming rooms.

Police & Courts

The crime scene where Hervey Bay man Craig Dunn was found dead.

Broken bones, ‘hothead’ claim: First hearing in landlord murder case

Gruesome autopsy results have been revealed and a fiery witness has taken the stand at a hearing into a Queensland business block owner’s alleged murder of his gasfitter tenant.

(Left to Right) Paul Truscott, Giselle O'Keefe and Lachlan Cosgrove

Young leaders, career politicians: Meet the Fraser Coast Regional Council candidates

The race is officially on for the 2024 local government elections. These are the 26 people who have announced they will run for the Fraser Coast Regional Council, their background and what they stand for.

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Joe and Rachela Nocera are the owners of new Esplanade restaurant Barrel 'N' Vine.

Perfect pairing behind new eatery inspired by ‘Nonna’s cooking’

A hospitality couple with experience running restaurants at Bribie Island and the Sunshine Coast has taken over a Hervey Bay Esplanade dining space and plans to offer everything from exclusive wines to house made salami.

The plans for an abandoned site once used by Bunnings and the Good Guys can now be revealed, withÂ Amart, BCF, Supercheap Auto and Rebel set to move in.

Old Bunnings building: What’s going in where and when

The plans for Hervey Bay’s old Bunnings site can be revealed along with other major changes for big brand shop spaces around the city’s centre.

Police & Courts

Tony James Northover leaves Hervey Bay Magistrates Court

Ex-chef threatens to ‘jam’ dagger in man’s head, carries samurai sword

A former chef who told a holiday-maker he would put a dagger in his head, and brandished a samurai sword at a popular caravan park, has fronted a Hervey Bay court.

Police & Courts

Emily Rose Munroe leaves Hervey Bay Magistrates Court on February 15, 2024.

‘Wanton street violence’: Whisper leads to shopping centre punch attack

A tobacconist who punched a woman after she whispered something under her breath as they passed each other in a shopping centre says there is bad blood between the pair.

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