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Health Department vaccination clinics end this month   Last updated 4/16/2021 at 12:03pm At Thursday’s county officials meeting Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson said due to a lack of attendance the Hill County Health Department will retire its COVID-19 vaccination clinics at the end of this month. Larson said the clinics have only been drawing 50 people for the last few weeks, so the remaining clinics’ hours will be reduced to noon to 5 p.m. at Holiday Village Mall for the remainder of their time in operation. She said the department will split t...

Premium Content "F*** this, I'm not dying here". These words reverberated in Wayne Sellars' mind immediately after he was engulfed in a blue flame for a "split second" during a horrific blast at Anglo American's Grosvenor mine on May 6 2020. In a statement to the Queensland Coal Mining Board of Inquiry, which the Daily Mercury has obtained, Mr Sellars described the moment of impact that changed his life forever when he was caught up in the blast with four other workers. The Airlie Beach resident in his submission also stated he was aware of a number of methane exceedances on the longwall ...

Premium Content Subscriber only A century-old Whitsundays region pub faces an uncertain future after it was struck off the heritage list and listed for sale. Now the abandoned hotel otherwise known as O’Duinns Irish Pub is for sale, with the vendor describing it as a “rare opportunity” to buy a “prime” 1781sq m commercial site with dual access. “The existing building on the property was previously utilised as a full service hotel with restaurant, bar, TAB and gaming room facilities,” PRD Whitsunday’s property listing stated. Palace Hotel, 29-31 Main Street, Proserpine is l...

Premium Content Subscriber only A worker injured in last year's blast at a Central Queensland mine will be the first to publicly speak about the disaster that left five men with serious burns injuries. He is expected to appear in person during Wednesday's Queensland Coal Mining Board of Inquiry hearing in Brisbane. Mr Sellars is expected to speak about last year's incident and answer any questions about it and related issues that board members ask him. It will be the first time one of the injured Grosvenor miners will open up about what happened at the mine on the day of the blast.

Premium Content Subscriber only A senior mine inspector has told an inquiry that it was considered acceptable to let the Grosvenor mine continue operating after a spate of near-misses because a plan was in place to address them. The comment was made during Wednesday's hearing as part of the Queensland Coal Mining Board of Inquiry, which is exploring issues around Grosvenor mine, including the mine blast and other methane exceedances. Resources Safety and Health Queensland regional mines inspector Stephen Smith was grilled about the inspectorate's response to 27 high potential incidents tha...