IT might not have the high profile of Anzac or Remembrance Days but Vietnam Veterans’ Day can be every bit or even more moving – and such was the case in Portland on Friday. About 25 veterans, their families, RSL and Legacy members gathered in the intimate setting of the Vietnam Memorial Garden on Cliff […]

THE iconic blue whale could be at risk from offshore wind farms in the waters off Portland, a leading local researcher says. Peter Gill was one of three speakers at a meeting organised by the Wild West Marine Alliance and attended by about 80 people at the Portland Yacht Club on Thursday night. The renowned […]

THE Bloods have moved to within touching distance of another South West District Football Netball League grand final, running away 14.8 (92) to 8.6 (54) winners against Tyrendarra at Coleraine on Saturday.

STUDENTS at Hamilton Parklands School had plenty of reasons to smile on Monday morning when they were finally able to move into their new school building as part of $13 million capital works.

THE Greater Hamilton Library hosted the Astronomical Society of Victoria (ASV) at the Hamilton Performing Arts Centre last Wednesday, giving two talks to local school students.

We are all well aware of the affect the shortage people – especially skilled ones – is having on dairy farms in south-west Victoria.

MORTLAKE agents yarded 825 cattle on Monday, a decrease of 370 on the previous week’s offering.

HEYWOOD has kept their season alive in the most dramatic of circumstances, claiming a South West District Football League elimination final victory over Dartmoor 9.12 (66) to 9.11 (65) on Sunday at Cavendish.

HAMILTON agents yarded 2800 lambs and 230 sheep at Wednesday’s market, representing a slight increase in numbers to the previous week.

A look back at previous editions of the paper 50 and 25 years ago.