Tasmanian Devils in the Channel region are now fighting not one, but two transmissible facial tumours - Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease (DFTD), which has now been around for some 25 years, and the newer devil facial tumour two (DFT2), discovered in the Cygnet  area around five years ago. New research from the University of Tasmania, published in the leading journal Evolutionary...

With the Huon Valley Mid-Winter Festival less than two weeks away, this week the Huon News heads along to Young Dawkins' storytelling workshop for potential young entrants in the Growing Stories - Kids Storytelling Slam, we also check out how the inaugural sculpture competition is shaping up. In Huon Valley Council news, we take a look at the proposed sale of the Cygnet Medical Centre,...

In this week's Huon News we join SETAC and the Weetapoona Pathways students at the Cygnet Town Hall to discuss truth in history and treaty ahead of NAIDOC Week 2019, which runs from July 7 to July 14. We have a look at how the HVC has started work on its climate change strategy, as well as the approval for the flood mitigation work on Huonville's Main Drain system. We also check out what the...

This week in the Huon News we take a look at the Huon Valley Council rate rise and where the money might be allocated in the budget, we also hear from the Huon Valley Residents and Ratepayers Association president Pat Synge on the feedback his association has been receiving since the rise was announced. There is some history in this week's edition, with the launch of the Franklin History Walk...

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...