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Growers in South Australia's pest-free area are under enormous financial and mental stress as they battle Queensland fruit-fly outbreaks.

There's a good reason the price of orange juice has risen and supermarkets are not to blame.

From wartime heroes to "rats of the sky", the reputation of pigeons has shifted across centuries, but pigeon breeders are determined to celebrate the birds' hidden talents. 

Country shows are about more than rides and show bags. Many say they are a lifeline for farmers and regional communities doing it tough.

Farmers in Australia's largest wine grape growing region are still counting losses from severe frost last month and there is no help on the horizon.

An army of beneficial bugs is fighting the bad bugs that gnaw on your vegetables, protecting the borders of the largest greenhouse set-up in the southern hemisphere.

Aboriginal clinician Darryle Barnes is no stranger to attending funerals, with his father and grandfather dying in their early 50s. As he approaches the same age, it is an outcome he is driven to change.

In 1949, a picture of a basketballer in an American magazine sparked the beginning of Loxton basketball's 75-year journey. Now their story has gone global.

Some South Australian farmers are reporting an 80 per cent loss in yield after frost devastated crops across the state, leaving paddocks "pretty much turning brown".

Adelaide has shivered through its coldest September morning in a century with several South Australian towns dipping below zero degrees Celsius.

The question of how to make friends in a regional town is often answered with joining a local sports club. But in South Australia's Riverland, a group is finding other ways to connect socially.

Ruth Firstbrook visits her husband Roger every morning to fill him in on the latest news. He's a very good listener, and the routine is helping her cope with his death. 

The State Emergency Service has responded to a number of marine rescue call-outs on the River Murray in the last fortnight.

Tess Hansen is among an increasing number of people being diagnosed with POTS — a condition associated with long COVID — but experts say doctors are not being taught enough about it, leading to long periods of confusion and under-treatment.

In an unassuming South Australian regional town, Olympic excitement builds ahead of two of its community exports going for gold. 

A new study that looks into canine cognitive decline finds that, just like humans, stimulation of dogs' brains through training and activity as they age can help keep the decline at bay.

Residents in one of Australia's largest citrus growing regions are buying up bottles of a locally-produced juice as its creator shuts down after 31 years. 

The River Murray is expected to emit an unpleasant odour this week but experts say it has been years since they have seen it so healthy.

Percy Voigt was once a heavy smoker who rarely exercised, but he took up running in the twilight of his life. Now aged 94 — and despite emphysema and arthritis — he's won gold in the 100-metre sprint at a masters games.

Grower liason Fabio Spiniello explains the process of packaging mandarins at Venus Citrus in South Australia's Riverland.