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Run 5K for road crash charity

The best friend of an Auchterarder girl killed in a tragic accident on the A9 is taking part in a charity fundraiser for road safety charity Brake.Read

First swallows in Strath

Swallows have started to arrive in the Strath heralding the first signs that summer is on the horizon.Read

Call for help to find home of McGregor

Community leaders in South Perthshire have called for help as Braco considers honouring one its most famous sons.Read

Local duo deliver wind farm petition to First Minister

Two Strathearn anti-wind farm campaigners have delivered a 4500-name petition aimed at stopping the “reckless siting of wind turbines in Scotland” to First Minister Alex Salmond.Read

Callous thieves steal from Comrie charity shop

A callous thief has struck again at the Shaky Village’s best-loved shop.Read

DE Shoes closes in Crieff

The DE Shoes store in Crieff looks set to close after the decision was taken to wind-up one of Scotland’s oldest family footwear businesses.Read

Comrie flooding work complete

Special defences designed to protect Comrie residents from the floods which devastated the village last year have been all-but completed.Read

Crieff's Cossar press gets new life

Crieff’s historic Cossar Press is beginning its new lease of life.Read

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Call to keep Comrie Fund for care of elderly in village

Locals have expressed fears that a £200,000 fund set up to provide services for the elderly in Comrie could be used to revamp an old people’s home in Crieff.Read

Welfare reform hits pockets in Strath

Welfare reform could deprive Perthshire’s economy of £36 million.Read

Lloyd's pharmacy opens in Auchterarder

Led by managers Maggie Jamieson and Christopher Cameron, the team at Lloyds Pharmacy, Auchterarder, officially opened their new store on Thursday, April 11.Read

Parking charge exhibition in Crieff

Crieff residents will be given details of a planned revamp of the town’s parking charges at a special exhibition today (April 18).Read

Anchors away

Participants are gearing up for this weekend’s Great Loch Earn Boat Race.Read

Samaritans seek Strathearn volunteers

Dear Editor - The organisation we now know as Samaritans came into being on November 2, 1953, when the first phone call was made to the number which founder Chad Varah referred to as “999 for the suicidal”.Read

Spring lambs in the sun

Spring lambs pictured basking in the sunshine in a field outside Crieff by Fraser BandRead

Wireless network piloted at PKC HQ

Councillors are taking part in a pilot scheme to bring the Perthshire’s communications into the 21st century.Read

Snappers invited to show off their best Perthshire pics

Budding photographers in Strathearn could see their work on new library cards.Read

Perth childcare courses are back on

Childminder pre-registration training courses for people in Perthshire are to return this month.Read

Vintage car rally set for Gleneagles pitstop

Vintage car lovers will have the chance to see a host of magnificent motors when they sweep into the grounds of the famous Gleneagles Hotel at the end of a three-day rally this weekend.Read

Crieff pub wins international accolade

A popular Crieff pub has been named ‘Best Whisky Bar in the World’ by a website for lovers of the amber nectar.Read

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