IT was normal golf day conditions for this time of the year, starting in fine weather ending with the last group experiencing showers for Saturday’s three-person gentsomes event at Parklands Golf Club.

LAST Thursday the Alfred Hospital visited The Hamilton and Alexandra College (THAC) after school nurse, Rachel Vallance, contacted the Alfred asking what the possibility was of their team coming to visit after the fatal Bochara crash earlier this year.

SOUTHERN Grampians Shire Council has joined with community members to express sadness following the passing of former Councillor and friend, Greg McAdam, who died on Saturday after battling ill health for some time.

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.

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.

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.

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.