Since dry lightning ignited more than a dozen fires in Tasmania's west on February 3, an estimated 94,000 hectares of diverse wilderness has been burned. The orange areas on this map show where ...

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Tasmania can be found just south of the southeastern coast of mainland Australia. Many of the area's best restaurants, shops and accommodations are situated in its capital, Hobart, but Tasmania's ...

Jefferson basketball player Aziza Saad is the winner of the Maps Credit Union high school girls Athlete of the Week, as voted by Statesman Journal readers. Saad scored a team-high 20 points Feb. 5 ...

COMMENT: From the Hurricanes imports to the Jackies coach, it doesn’t take long for ‘outsiders’ to fall in love with Tassie. And it’s a big reason why the state keeps winning trophies.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Marine experts have given up hope of rescuing more than 150 false killer whales that stranded on a remote beach on Australia’s island state of Tasmania, officials ...

Stayton basketball player Kenzi Hollenbeck is the winner of the Maps Credit Union high school girls Athlete of the Week, as voted by Statesman Journal readers. A senior forward, Hollenbeck tallied ...

Dayna Sayer grew up in Launceston, Tasmania. She went to school at Prospect High, then Newstead College. And when she was a teenager, she "had no idea" a career in television was possible.

The last time so many false killer whales were stranded in Tasmania was 50 years ago in June 1974 when a pod of 160 to 170 were found at Black River beach on the island’s northern coast. It’s ...

Don’t be fooled. None of the acting in “Girls on Wire” is too good (and in one very funny sequence, when three gangsters roaming Film City get drafted as extras, bad acting gets a big laugh).