Author: Dnndirector

Council crews have installed grey metallic guardrails across the historic Diggers Bridge in the Mowbray Valley as part of the Diggers Bridge Renewal Project.

⟼ A vaccine for COVID-19 ?

The US Federal response to COVID has been chaotic. Each state is responsible for its own COVID response.

Newscorp announced today over 100 regional and community mastheads under its publishing businesses will either move to full digital broadcast, merge or become sections of larger publications, effectively ceasing printed rural content in small Australian communities.

A seemingly orchestrated move by Mayor Kerr to thwart Cr Abigail Noli’s attempt to receive information from the Mayor and CEO at Tuesday’s Douglas Shire Council Ordinary Council meeting was witnessed by up to 100 viewers who logged on through Facebook to watch the live-stream.

As local businesses and community groups emerge from lockdown with relief, the team at Douglas News Network look at the lessons we have learned, and how we are forging a way forward. Today, Jayne Miller chats with Miss Saskia Turner, owner of the beloved Bodies In Motion Dance School…

President Donald Trump’s assertion this week that the US having the world’s most COVID-19 cases should be seen as a “badge of honour” epitomised all the failings of irrational, autocratic decision-making.

Remember we are only a little over three months into a pandemic caused by a completely new virus. So much remains unknown about COVID.

An appreciation of history often changes the way we think about the present and the future. On the weekend, Natalie Johnson took her 14-year-old daughter for a stroll back through time, guided by the Douglas Shire Historical Society’s “Port Douglas Village” self-guided map.

With health and wellness in mind, today Jayne interviews the ever-inspiring Noeline, from Port Douglas Yoga.