The levy will undoubtedly lead to business closures and redundancies, and the administrative burden on small businesses will ...

Police were called to a primary school in Dumfries after a pupil took a knife into the building. Officers were alerted to the incident on Wednesday morning and have since spoken to the child's ...

A Dumfries man who disguised himself as an Amazon delivery driver to commit armed robberies was sentenced Thursday to 19 years and two months in federal prison. Dwayne Selman-Neville, 38 ...

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A proposal from the Scottish Conservatives to cut the school leaving age to 14 or 15 has been branded “reckless, unworkable and deeply irresponsible” by the plumbing trade body. The head of ...

A search is under way after a potential lynx sighting in Dumfries and Galloway. The wildcat was reportedly spotted in a wooded area near Newton Stewart at around 12pm on February 26. Police were made ...

A man was killed while in front of a building on Dumfries Drive late Sunday evening. Two men got into an altercation and a third party tried to intervene to separate them. The shooter pulled out a ...

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An urgent alert has been issued over “sudden collapse” drug overdoses in Dumfries and Galloway. Health bosses are urging drug users to be “extra vigilant” amid reports of overdoses ...

The Conservative-led administration on Dumfries and Galloway saw its proposals voted down in favour of SNP plans backed by Labour councillors. Convener Malcolm Johnstone said his group would have ...

Council tax is set to rise by nine per cent for Dumfries and Galloway residents. For the second year running, Labour councillors backed the SNP’s budget to defeat the proposal from the ...