WESTERN District Health Service (WDHS) has secured the services of a GP practice in Coleraine following the recent closure of the town’s only medical clinic.

PORTLAND’S Southern 500 Speedway will host the MJS Street Stock Series tomorrow for the very first time, in what is a major development for the club.

DUNROBIN has another big event to look forward to in March, with the Festival of Small Halls set to return for another night of cheery folk music.

ATHOUGH her picture appeared in the Portland Observer only last September, Sharon Dixon at first went unrecognised when she visited the office to collect a copy of the paper.

WITH paddocks drying up and hungry livestock looking across the fence to the growing vegetation along roadsides, the prevalence of sheep and cattle breaking out of their confinement is often higher this time of year.

BALMORAL was the main beneficiary from round 13 Weekend Pennant results.

JUNIOR basketballers flocked to town throughout the weekend to compete in the Portland Basketball Association’s junior South West Classic tournament, hosted in Portland, Heywood and Port Fairy.

IF you have a pair of binoculars or a decent telescope, the (mostly) light-pollution-free skies in the Southern Grampians could offer some great vantage points of a comet making its way through the solar system (relatively) near Earth.

PLEASANT conditions tempted a good field of golfers to play a stroke round plus putting for Saturday’s Monthly Medal round.

CASTERTON locals are rejecting a proposal to use parking space near the Town Hall on Henty Street as the charging stop of choice for electric vehicle owners passing through.