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An open day at East Logan Farm, near Castle Douglas, which highlighted the latest research being carried out by SRUC, attracted a large attendance.

The TSB has been attacked by a local politician over its announcement of a large cut in its Castle Douglas branch opening times.

Award-winning Galloway photographer Allan Wright has published a book this week celebrating an unsung hero of Scottish argiculture - the tractor.

YoungsRPS, the independent firm of chartered Surveyors, Land Agents and Property Consultants, has announced an expansion in South West Scotland.

The Scottish Government has been asked to get a move on with turning the long-held dream of a Galloway National Park into a reality.

While the Prime Minister was making her pleas to European leaders this week, a Galloway politician was making a very different appeal to EU citizens living and working here – “Please stay!”

A study of young people in south west Scotland has been branded a “warning shot” to both council and employers.

A project aimed at transforming approaches to local health and social care has been drilling down into a series of specific topics – with ideas for tests of change now beginning to take shape.

Stranraer Development Trust, the non-profit organisation behind the phenomenal success of the Stranraer Oyster Festival, is hoping to open a new visitor centre and community hub.

Dumfries and Galloway Council has launched the first food and drink strategy for the region with a focus on supporting collaboration, innovation, job creation and inclusive growth across the sector.

This week the long-awaited Borderlands Deal was delivered with £345m to spend on boosting the economy of the South of Scotland and North of England.

The Barholm Accommodation ‘back to basics’ hotel/hostel in Creetown has received the 2018 Guest Review Award from Booking.com.

Galloway and West Dumfries MSP Finlay Carson has written to Dumfries and Galloway Council asking why they did not respond to a Freedom of Information Request into the level of potholes in the region.

A Galloway cheesemaker is among a group of five businesses appealing to the public for donations to a legal fund to take on the government.

Royal Mail’s Quality of Service report for the first three quarters of the 2018-19 financial year reveals it has met its regulatory First Class mail target in the Dumfries and Galloway postcode area, with 93.1 per cent per cent of this mail delivered the next working day.

Local Labour MSP Colin Smyth has called for urgent action to be taken over what he terms “the jobs crisis” in Dumfries and Galloway after latest figures shows a rise of 130 unemployed people in a month.

Galloway and West Dumfries MSP Finlay Carson has welcomed the news that the village of Springholm is set to benefit from a programme of major resurfacing works.

Galloway’s farmers must be prepared to dedicate time and resources to meeting health and safety standards to avoid falling foul of government inspections, an agricultural expert has warned.