An illegal gel blaster and various drugs were allegedly uncovered during an early morning raid at a home in Tasmania’s north yesterday. Dozens of police units from the Drugs and Firearms Unit and the Western Criminal Investigation Branch executed a search warrant at the Devonport home around 5am on Friday. Police allege that several items […]
Sat Jan 20, 2024 - 9:00amUpdated 8:40pm, Friday January 12: Police are investigating the cause of the crash that shut down the Devonport CBD this afternoon. Power has been restored across the CBD and roads have been re-opened. 6pm, Friday January 12: A 100 metre exclusion zone remains in place in the Devonport CBD after a car collided with the […]
Fri Jan 12, 2024 - 2:25pmDozens of North-West coasters gathered at Prem’s Seafood Bar and Grill in Devonport this Christmas Eve, where owner Prema Smith well and truly fulfilled his promise to spread some festive cheer. Embracing the spirit of giving, Smith stood outside his restaurant from 5pm on Sunday, offering free fish & chips and prawns to anyone in […]
Mon Dec 25, 2023 - 11:14amA handful of households in East Devonport have spent the night without electricity after a car slammed into a power pole late yesterday afternoon. The ute collided with the large pole on Tarleton Street shortly after 5:30pm on Monday and initially knocked out power to around 1,400 homes. TasNetworks soon after downgraded the number of affected […]
Tue Dec 19, 2023 - 8:46amA “torrential downpour” has left a Tasmanian school “under water”, prompting parents to be called in to pick up their children this afternoon. Devonport High School was inundated by water shortly after 1pm on Wednesday as a large storm, complete with heavy rain and lighting, passed over the north-west coast. The nearby Devonport Airport weather […]
Wed Dec 13, 2023 - 4:20pmEmergency services are at the scene of a crash on Rooke Street in Devonport where a person has reportedly been “struck by a vehicle”. Police say the road near the mall is partially blocked while the person receives medical treatment at the scene. “Motorists are asked to avoid the area until the scene is cleared,” […]
Tue Dec 12, 2023 - 12:25pmA man caught attempting to smuggle methamphetamine on the Spirit of Tasmania ferry in his underwear will spend the next few years behind bars. Robert Craig Williams was found to be packing 54.2 grams of crystal meth in his underwear, estimated to be worth upwards of $50,000, during a police search in October 2022. Supreme Court […]
Mon Dec 11, 2023 - 12:20pmA pregnant dog that found herself trapped underneath a home in Devonport this morning has been safely rescued by firefighters. Luna the Golden Retriever was just “hours away from delivering a litter of puppies” when she ventured under her family’s house on Tuesday morning in search of a comfortable place to rest. Unfortunately, she wedged […]
Wed Nov 29, 2023 - 4:00amA vehicle has ploughed through the front windows of a Devonport supermarket and into the store this afternoon. Witnesses at the scene say the car is “sitting at the registers in Coles” after smashing through the window from the carpark. Police say officers are at the scene of the crash at Coles on Best Street […]
Fri Nov 24, 2023 - 1:00pmDevonport will soon be home to the state’s first Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in the northwest from next month. ‘My Clinic Plus’ on Steele Street will be transformed into the new Urgent Care Clinic and will begin offering bulk-billed urgent services from December 11. The clinic will operate with extended hours, seven days a week, […]
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