Grafton News

Simplot, produced three pesticides in 2008 but inactivated its registration in 2002 and did not register until 2009, according to an EPA order. Facilities must be actively registered with EPA to produce pesticides. An additional facility in Moorhead, Minn., produced...

The dismembered remains of 16-year-old Lee Ellen Stace were found in a shallow grave at a camping ground near her Brooms Head home on October 17, 1997. She was last seen alive on September 2 that year when she finished...

At Coaldale, northwest of Grafton, firefighters are continuing their backburning operations in an attempt to establish containment lines around the fire. The Rural Fire Service (RFS) says no properties are under threat, but people in the area are being advised...

Granite headlands, undeveloped beaches, rivers, walking trails and wildlife. The reason it tops the list is its unique mix of wilderness and luxury accommodation. Photo: Jason South Lee Atkinson has visited 150 of Australia's national parks. Here, she reveals her...

Alan Luby Alan Luby, 1915-2009. As a medical orderly serving with a guerilla unit in the mountains of Portuguese Timor and New Guinea during World War II, Alan Luby worked miracles of bush medicine to save the lives of seriously...