The coronavirus vaccine rollout in Hawick is gathering speed, with both GP practices hailing the “impressive” progress that has been made this week....
Two kind-hearted teenagers are set to pound the roads around Hawick during February to raise money for charity....
Although the number of new positive cases being recorded is falling, Hawick remains a hotspot for coronavirus in the Borders. ...
A campaigner seeking to safeguard the future of a day care service for the elderly – suspended due to lockdown – has taken some encouragement from a meeting with Scottish Borders Council (SBC)....
Despite the huge disappointment of having to cancel the Common-Riding, the committee has pledged to take the virtual celebrations “to another level”....
Project director updates paper on £88million Hawick’s “much-needed” flood defence scheme is taking shape, with “dramatic progress” promised throughout 2021. Speaking exclusively to The Hawick Paper earlier this week, project director Conor Price highlighted ongoing work on the £88million scheme, while underlining that it was “on track” to be completed “by late 2023”....
Potholes continue to plague the region’s roads, with one at Victoria Road described as “one of the biggest” in recent times....
Plans are afoot to establish a “No Cold Calling” zone in the town’s Wellington Court....
The Angling Club is in a tangle with the council over its latest attempt to install new windows....
Plans to install a new heating system at a well-used leisure facility now hinge on the outcome of a bid to Scottish Borders Council’s community fund....
Steps to curtail recurrent speeding in the Denholm area must be implemented to “keep residents safe.”...
Teviot and Liddesdale Community Assistance Hub has “revolutionised the way Scottish Borders Council is working with partner agencies and volunteers during this terrible Coronavirus pandemic” according to the town’s provost....
Wallace Shaw, a ‘weel-kent’ face in Hawick for more than a decade in the 1960s and early 1970s, passed away on Hogmanay. He was 80....
Unearthing an old photograph has stirred great memories of a royal visit to the town by the Queen prior to her reign....
A Common Good-owned painting worth up to £50,000 is set to be restored with a view to then loaning it back to the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS)....
Plans to create a sluice facility for campervans at the Common Haugh are to be “further investigated” and costs sought, it was heard at last week’s Common Good Fund Sub-Committee. ...