Environment

In its first round of grant making, the Kilgallioch Community Benefit Company has awarded over £227,785 to 59 charities and community groups, with a further £400,000 to be distributed in the next round.

Scottish Water is asking the public to use water wisely to help maintain supplies during the current period of hot summer weather.

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has called on the SNP Scottish Government to call a halt to any new contracts being awarded to Kier Construction.

Dumfries and Galloway Council have been instructed to carry out a ‘fundamental review’ of harbour operations at Stranraer.

People living with dementia in Dumfries and Galloway will reap the benefit from a new project that helps them connect with the outdoors.

Tree felling has begun around the forest at Ae to slow the spread of a disease which is affecting larch trees in the area.

A new Salmon Interactions Workstream to provide expert advice on mitigating pressures on wild salmon has been launched by the Scottish Government.

Scottish recycling, composting and re-use of waste from all sources has rocketed past the 60 per cent milestone for the first time. That was the key finding of Official Statistics published today (29 May 2018) by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).

A pilot campaign to reduce roadside litter is having a huge impact on Dumfries and Galloway’s trunk roads, councillors are to be told.

Scottish residents should expect to see a rise in the number of daddy longlegs (also known as crane flies) this year, after millions of larvae were discovered underground.

South politicians are at loggerheads over the loss of the 101/102 bus service linking Dumfries and Edinburgh.

As the recent snowmelt caused surface water and rising rivers in several communities across Scotland, attention turned to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).

The body of a red kite found in the Durham Hill Lane area of Kirkpatrick Durham was poisoned according to a post mortem.

MSP Colin Smyth had previously criticised SNP and Tory councillors at Dumfries and Galloway Council for failing to underwrite a loan to help save Rosefield Mill.

The Dumfries and Galloway region will benefit from Scottish Government funding to the tune of £2.063 million.

Councillors have been told told that communities are continuing to take ownership of local facilities right across the region.

The region’s local environmental records centre was flying high as it celebrated gathering a million records of local plants and animals this week.