In this week's Huon News we catch up with Dover District School Prinicipal Tom Eastland to get an insight on where plans are at for the rollout of the Year 11 and 12 extension programme at the school in 2020. We attend the launch of the Huon Valley's first readers and writers festival to take place later this year and the switching on of the lights at Dark Huonville's Paint the Town Red...

It's been an exciting week in the Huon Valley, with a visit from DarkLab's Leigh Carmichael to outline his team's plans for Project X, we cover all the details in this week's Huon News. The Business Tas business networking event at Geeveston Bowls Club attracted a crowd of around 80 people to reflect on bushfire recovery and discuss plans for the future, and the Huon News was there to capture...

The Neville Smith Forest Products Southwood Mill at Lonnavale has reopened following damage sustained to infrastructure during the Riveaux Road bushfires, and the mystery of DarkLab's Far South Project X has finally been revealed (to get involved don't miss the Business Tas networking event at the Geeveston Bowls Club tonight). Cygnet Primary School got into the spirit of Pirate Day in May, and...

In this week's Huon News we join students at the Huonville Town Hall to submit a petitions asking the Huon Valley Council to declare climate change an emergency. We chat to Mayor Bec Enders and DarkLab's Leigh Carmichael about the mysterious tourism project slated for the Far South and find out when some more details will be revealed. We ask re-elected Federal MP for Franklin Julie Collins and...

Fifteen students from across Tasmania have been awarded 16 scholarships totalling $224,000 to study agriculture at the University of Tasmania.Acting Director of the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) Professor Ted Lefroy said highlyskilled agricultural graduates were in demand in Tasmania and around the world.“More than ever before, agriculture is central to Australia’s contribution to the...