TARRINGTON Lutheran School (TLS) has been funded through Brophy’s School Focus Youth Service for three staff members to train in the Rhythm2Recovery drumming program, and run a pilot program in Term 3.

HAWKESDALE-MACARTHUR and Penshurst have earned places in the Mininera and District Netball Association finals with victories in the final round of the home and away season that keeps the 2023 season alive for each team.

THE South West District Netball League has closed its home and away rounds with some resounding wins across the weekend.

WITH payphones offering free calls since August 2021 and rural areas still showing a higher proportional usage of them compared to larger cities, they may be around for some time yet in towns like Hamilton and surrounding areas.

IT was a case of déjà vu for the Hamilton Kangaroos, going into the Western Victoria Female Football League senior women’s grand final as heavy underdogs, but the blue and white destiny reigned supreme for the second straight year.

LAST week was Homelessness Week (Aug 7-13) and for Salvation Army community development worker, Mark Thomas, the weekly lunch and other food deliveries he’s been organising for a few years have been markers for the increasing budget and social pressures locals are under.

TIME had not been kind to the historic Dunkeld Post Office since it was first opened in 1891, but some much-needed renovations and improvements have recently recommenced as the next phase of its upgrade gets done.

STATE Member for South West Coast Roma Britnell has weighed in to the offshore wind farm debate, asking if governments can be relied on to do the right thing by the community.

KATIE Riddle had an extra bit of weight in her baggage back from Perth on Sunday after winning a gold medal at the Australian Elite Boxing Championships in Perth.

PORTLAND’S pokies players have lost $8.6m in the past year, smashing a 14-year record by more than a million dollars.