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3000 cyclists and their families are expected to converge in Port Douglas this September for the inaugural Gran Fondo Festival.

Six Far North Queensland beaches are closed after Cairns Hospital treated six patients for irukandji stings.

Cairns is set to strengthen its role as a leading regional marine maintenance hub in Australia and the Pacific after securing a five-year navy contract.

It comes as Queensland nears the 90% vaccination target. The state has also recorded 11 deaths and almost 20,000 new cases in the last 24 hours.

There are two solid concrete buildings in the timber yard on Magazine Street in Stratford, Cairns, which were erected well before the road was ever there.

Three lives have been lost in the Tablelands region over the past four days, with two involved in separate road incidents and another in a waterfall area.

There will be no Sunbus services in Cairns on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

In the space of four days, one in 10 households across Yarrabah have been hit by COVID.

A US judge had denied Prince Andrew's motion to dismiss a civil sexual assault lawsuit brought against him by Virginia Giuffre.

A stretch of coastline between Cairns and Port Douglas is undergoing rehabilitation works this week to improve ‘significant’ erosion of the beach.

The Cairns Taipans has been dealt another blow, with further positive COVID-19 test results striking the team and resulting in a third postponed home game.

One person is in hospital after two floodwater rescues west of Port Douglas, prompting a warning for motorists to steer clear of flooded roadways.

A 68 year-old Cairns man has been charged with acts intended to cause grievous bodily harm after dousing another man and a boat in fuel and flicking a cigarette lighter.

From today, children aged five to 11 across Cairns and the rest of the country are rolling up their sleeves to get a first dose of Pfizer.

Cairns' northern beaches, as well as Port Douglas and Mossman, could experience severe thunderstorms today as Tropical Cyclone Tiffany nears Cape York.

A 25-year-old Gordonvale man has tragically died while hiking the popular Walshs Pyramid late Friday afternoon.

As COVID-19 cases continue to escalate, Cairns Hospital’s fever clinic is shifting to a larger venue in a bid to reduce languishing queues for PCR tests.

Three health workers have tested positive in the Indigenous community, which has been deemed vulnerable to an outbreak.