CLEAR skies have paved the way for one of the largest clean-up efforts in the state's history.
HUNDREDS of homes in the quaint seaside village of Cardwell have been damaged or destroyed by Category Five Cyclone Yasi.
AS much as half of half of North Queensland's sugar cane crop could be lost at a cost of more than $500 million to the industry, according to the Canegrowers organisation.
TOWNSVILLE's major shopping centres are bracing for a huge assault from customers today.
MORE than six North Ward businesses were selfishly looted during the height of the cyclonic lashings.
THERE is a sad possibility that Cyclone Yasi blew North Queensland FC off the A-League map on Thursday morning.
THE Cowboys are not expecting their first NRL trial to become a casualty of Cyclone Yasi.
NORTH Queensland bananas have become the first supermarket casualty of Cyclone Yasi after Woolworths Ltd more than doubled the shelf price of the fruit to almost $6 a kilo.
SHOPPING precinct specialist the Griffin Group which holds three boutique centres in Townsville is poised to develop a fourth in the city, in the growing suburb of Deeragun.
SKENEY SAYS
with KATHLEEN SKENE
I freaked out and flew south
I DID have a light and fluffy column prepared for this week but it just seems ridiculous now.
ANDO
with JOHN ANDERSEN
Flood that couldn't break us
IT took a flood, a really bad flood, for us to ditch that separate North Queensland state nonsense and start to look at ourselves and each other as Queenslanders.
POLICE are warning North Queenslanders to be on the look out for fraudsters and scam artists.
A HOME security system and the help of caring locals is helping the victim of a violent home invasion to get a good night's sleep.
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CK from 106.3fm will remember his Indo experience forever, writes Jade Kennedy
A boy tries a slam dunk from a trampoline at half time during an NBA game and is successful in dunking the ball - and himself.
John Hartigan opens our new pressJohn Hartigan, the CEO of News Limited which publishes the Townsville Bulletin, opens the brand new Townsivlle Bulletin printing press.
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