The Rotary Club have donated £9,000 to get Newcastleton’s Polysport facility available again, following flooding in February which meant it was unusable....
Plans to stage the time-honoured marking of the boundaries were brought forward amid concerns over “tightening” pandemic restrictions, it was heard at last Thursday’s Common-Riding annual general meeting....
Taking just under eight hours 30 minutes, covering 20.6 miles and over 44,000 steps, last Friday Pat and Ron Sutherland achieved their goal of raising funds for three good causes....
Hawick councillors have unanimously supported vital funding to help maintain the Saturday Polish School....
Fears that a planned fast-food outlet and relocated retail store in Commercial Road could be compromised by further delays, have led to a local councillor pressing government ministers for action. ...
With no official Remembrance Sunday ceremony permitted due to the Covid-19 restrictions, clubs, organisations and townspeople were determined it would not go unrecognised and marked the day in their own way and in their own time....
A sixth-year student at Hawick High who suffers from Tourette’s is struggling to comprehend why their valuable service dog can’t accompany them to school....
Work is to finally begin on demolition of the former Cottage Hospital “in the New Year”....
Teviotdale Leisure Centre, with a business rate assessment of £280,000, is just one local property valuation being challenged by Scottish Borders Council....
Commercial Road is due to reopen on November 20 – a few weeks ahead of the projected schedule of December 18. ...
Provost Watson McAteer is asking the council and Live Borders to consider restoring the town’s library to its former glory amid concerns about a lack of maintenance. ...
A local charity is applying its passion for film and community to help preserve the town’s cultural identity, The Hawick Paper can exclusively reveal....
Pay-and-display parking in Hawick could be suspended for four months from December 1 to boost the local economy – thanks to a Scottish Borders Council U-turn....
A supermarket worker and a High Street shop have been recognised nationally for working tirelessly to support their communities and customers at a time when they have never been needed more....
The arrival of the town’s Christmas tree at Trinity Gardens was warmly welcomed on Wednesday....
Inter-generational community spirit was to the fore last Friday. Twelve adult volunteers were joined by six senior pupils from nearby Drumlanrig Primary School, and their teacher Stacey Russell, as they collectively spruced up Drumlanrig Square ahead of the erection of the Christmas display....