Happy 100th birthday, Lorna Kemp

A Murray Bridge resident reflects on her life locally, at Lameroo and in Adelaide, and what it feels like to be a century old.

🏆 Sport

Sports reports: Patrick Evans gets his first hole in one

Plus the latest in Lower Murray lawn bowls and Murray Towns cricket.

RAA plans EV charging station at Tailem Bend

A new electric vehicle charging point at Dickson Reserve would form part of the statewide RAA Charge network.

Murray Bridge High School gets first look at SA-made Chromebook laptops

International mega-corporation Google has chosen Allied, an Adelaide manufacturer, to build its laptops – and local year 7 students have become the first to test them out.

Watch out for speed cameras in the Murraylands this week

Plus SA Police chase a speeding car through the region, make two more arrests after a Tailem Bend drug bust, and report a bunch of motorists for drink and drug driving.

More than half of River Murray boaties break the rules, crackdown suggests

Marine Safety SA have issued warnings and fines to hundreds of boat users in an Australia Day long weekend blitz.

Royal Society for the Blind auxiliary shuts down after 60 years

A Murray Bridge organisation which has raised funds for vision-impaired people since the 1960s has wound up its operations.

🗓 Things to Do

Things to do in Murray Bridge: February 2-8, 2024

Your guide to speedway, Cars and Coffee, a flood recovery event for women and more, thanks to Newbridge.

This week in history: February 1, 1924

A Murray Bridge eight is chosen for the Olympics, a new football and cricket ground opens and preparations begin for the construction of a new rail bridge.

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🌊 Floods

$31.3 million promised for Lower Murray levee repairs

Twelve months on from the peak of the River Murray flood, the state and federal governments have finally come up with a long-term plan to help irrigators.

🌊 Floods

Twelve months on, flood-affected River Murray farmers are still doing it tough

Retired agricultural advisor Dale Manson highlights the plight of primary producers at Long Flat and up and down the river.