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Child, 9 months, taken to Townsville after being hit by car

The boy was rushed to hospital from a rural home in a serious condition with head injuries

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24th Dec. 2019 2:12 PM

Paramedics rushed the boy to Mackay Base Hospital.

FIRE HORROR: ‘It was eight days of living in hell’

The town trapped in a ‘firestorm’. Residents reflect on the horrific moments before the evacuation of Eungella.

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27th Nov. 2019 5:11 AM

Eungella resident Jo Freegard with sons William Smith, 15, and Ben Smith, 6.

Tragic outcome to Finch Hatton Gorge search

Police have been searching the Gorge since yesterday afternoon.

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02nd Oct. 2019 5:10 PM

Queensland Police Service have responded to the scene.

Quiet community hit by 350 per cent rise in crime

Residents fearful as crime rate drastically rises in rural community: 'We live in this town because we like to feel...

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04th Sept. 2019 7:09 AM

Finch Hatton General Store employee Kirsty Hitchins said she was shocked when the quiet country general store was broken into. Since the burglary, she said, the store has been forced to install extra security measures.

Criminals on a shopping spree devastate family business

Family business targeted by thieves will be forced to close: 'The stress of it all was going to put me in an early...

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07th July 2019 2:07 AM

Mother-daughter team Chris Pollard and Courtney Pollard say they have been forced to close Valley Rural Services after thieves stole thousands of dollars worth of stock.

FROM THE SKY: Finch Hatton five months after the fires

In late November residents in the Pioneer Valley were evacuated due to bushfires. See how the area has recovered almost...

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15th April 2019 10:04 AM

FLOOD ALERTS: Drivers should expect delays from rain

BOM warning travellers to "have a plan B in mind" when on the roads as catchments reach limits

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02nd Feb. 2019 12:02 PM

Drivers should plan for delays and road closures after this week's significant rain.

'60mm in 10 minutes': Freak storm damages property

JUST when he thought Mother Nature's fury was over, a freak storm has left a Finch Hatton cane farmer picking up the pieces...

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06th Dec. 2018 5:12 PM

AFTERMATH: Joe Bugeja has been forced to pick up the pieces after a freak storm damaged his property. Winds were so strong they flipped this tractor cab.

Quick-thinking and hard work prepares airstrip for fires

THE sight of a plane in the sky filled fire-ravaged communities with relief as fixed-wing planes operated from the Finch...

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04th Dec. 2018 8:12 AM

UNSUNG HEROES: At the Finch Hatton airstrip (from left) helicopter pilot Ben Geaney, spotter helicopter operator Don Wilkie, Finch Hatton airfield association's Bill Cross, water bomber pilot Richard McDonald and Central Highlands Air Services' Craig Crossingham and Adriano Nacho.

Community rallies to help farmers feed animals after fire

AS THE residents of the upper Pioneer Valley return to their homes, farmers are surveying their lands to find their...

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