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Shelley Strachan is the respected and award winning Editor of The Gympie Times, a mother of four, and a passionate advocate for her hometown (Gympie), the region it is the centre of and the people who live there. A recipient of multiple PANPA Community News Brand of the Year awards, and the coveted News Corp Achievements in Regional Journalism award, Shelley Strachan cut her journalistic teeth as a cadet at The Gympie Times before spending some time as a sub-editor with Quest Community papers in Brisbane and then returning to the idyllic lifestyle the Gympie region offers. She proudly leads a talented team of journalists covering all the news of the Gympie region 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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The rescue chopper has been dispatched to the Gympie region after a serious crash north of the city, which has left a driver trapped in the wreckage of his vehicle.

Woman trapped, chopper on scene of Curra crash

The rescue chopper has landed in the Gympie region after a serious crash north of the city, which left a driver trapped in the wreckage of his truck.

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UPDATEDSouth Burnett

Sunshine Coast man Jack McLennan, 27, was last seen between 8-10pm on Friday, October 4, near Ficks Crossing, at a fishing hole on the side of the Bunya Highway.

‘He wouldn’t just disappear’: Girlfriend of missing man’s heartbreak

The girlfriend of a man who has been missing for 10 days after vanishing near fishing spot said he would never go so long without speaking to her, or his family. SEE THE NEW TIMELINE

Abbe Baker Bella Baker Joshua Baker and baby

Family’s desperate flight to save their baby girl from dementia

Bella Baker was a thriving one-year-old with the world at her feet. Then came an inconceivable diagnosis, and now an agonising wait to see if the same fate awaits her baby brother.

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Bundaberg Regional Council has granted an extended development approval for a 197-block subdivision at Innis Park for Surf Australia Pty Ltd, which was first approved in 2008.

Six-stage, 200-lot subdivision set for beachside suburb

A major housing development less than 20 minutes from Bundaberg central will be opened up in six stages after the developer was granted an approval extension. FULL DETAILS

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The Bundaberg-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter crew has taken a man to hospital, after he was injured in a quad bike crash.

Young woman airlifted after car ploughs into tree on D’Aguilar Hwy

A woman in her late teens has been choppered from the Somerset Region to the Princess Alexandra Hospital after her car ran off the highway and into a tree.

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Marto Farms has lodged a development application with the Bundaberg Regional Council to build new farm worker accommodation and retain existing use rights for a residential care facility at a block of land in Norville. Artist's impression of the facility lodged with the application.

New lease of country life for old family home and care facility

Family farming business Marto Farms has repurchased a family home in order to convert it into accommodation for up to 30 farm workers.

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The Bundaberg Catholic and cycling community is trying to come to terms with the shock death of beloved Shalom College studentÂ Nicota RolloqueÂ âNicoâ Fish following a fatal car crash near Maryborough.

‘Inconsolable grief’: Shock death of ‘beautiful natured young man’

The school principal of a 17-year-old boy who died three days after his birthday has tried to make sense of the tragedy, as the cycling club he was an active member of cancels all races.

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PollFraser Coast

More than 150 readers from across the region have nominated their favourite brow technicians and we have finessed the list of finalists down to 40. But there can only be one winner:

VOTE NOW: Fraser Coast’s best brow specialist

More than 150 readers from across the region have nominated their favourite brow technicians and we have finessed the list of finalists down to 35. But there can only be one winner:

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Kym Ramsay, Sam Longmore, Christie Reardon, Kirri Whyle and Sarah Rennick at Gympie Women Business Awards. Picture: Patrick Woods.

Gallery: Girl bosses and business women light up the Pavilion

Gympie women celebrated their business success in style at the weekend, with some first time winners and outstanding young entrepreneurs among the highlights. Watch the video, see the 50+ photos:

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The Gympie Chamber of Commerce Business Awards. Picture: Patrick Woods

Revealed: Finalists in the 2024 Gympie Business Awards

The Gympie Chamber of Commerce has announced finalists for the 2024 Gympie Business Awards, which will be held in the Pavilion on Saturday, October 19. Here they are:

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