State considering rescue plan
Premier Jay Weatherill has said the state government is considering a ‘substantial’ proposition from Arrium’s administrators to save the company.The plan would have the state invest...
Driver five times over
A driver will face court after allegedly recording a high blood alcohol reading at Whyalla Norrie overnight.Just after 6pm on Sunday 22 May, patrols...
Derhams: ‘We don’t blame Arrium’
The freehold owners of the Whyalla Foreshore Motor Inn have distanced themselves from claims that Arrium’s dire situation contributed to the motel’s temporary closure.Lessee Ben Vandeluer recently...
Bending to new ‘steel’ ideas
Arrium’s saving grace may lay in diversification of its steel production.Director of Flinders University’s Industrial Transformation Institute John Spoehr said a national steel industry master plan which...
Closure impact a grim possibility
If a new collection of staggering statistics is anything to go by, closure of the Whyalla steelworks is certainly not an option.An impact assessment has...
Motorist tries to evade police
A motorist failed in a bid to escape when pulled over for a breath-test in Whyalla Playford on Saturday night.Patrols stopped the man as he was driving along Lacey...
The seven-year switch
Samaritan College will be the first school in Whyalla to have its Year 7 students moved to a higher education campus.The students will now be...
Screening shock as 50 referred
In a shock result, about 50 people have been referred to a doctor after having free skin-cancer screenings at a unit available recently on a Wednesday and...
Funds may keep Lions on the move
The Whyalla Mount Laura Lions Club received a volunteer grant of $5000 as part of a federal funding program – and it may keep the...
“Queen” graces Whyalla
30 years after the Queen first made the trip to Whyalla, she has (apparently) graced our city with her presence again.The “Queen” visited the...
Children’s University keeps kids busy in holiday activities
PORT AUGUSTA - The Port Augusta Library was host to the Adelaide University’s Children’s University activities throughout the school holidays with activities taking place...
