FOR learner drivers, logging 120 hours of supervised driving can be tough, especially when they don’t have access to a vehicle or supervising driver, but the TAC L2P program is helping to change that.

A SOUTH-WEST magistrate has told a Hamilton man he would have jailed him if the law had allowed this week.

THE future of Portland’s aluminium smelter has been secured for the next five years, with Alcoa announcing a new energy deal and government funding to keep the plant running.

HARROW-Balmoral’s 2019 senior football best and fairest winner, Eric Guthrie, has emulated his success with Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) team, Palmerston Magpies, this summer.

HOCKEY is set to return next month with the Glenelg Region Hockey Association (GRHA) confirming its 2021 start date

THE Dundas Cup will be up for grabs in today’s Hamilton and District Cricket Association (HDCA) A grade final between Hamilton and Grampians.

KEPPEL Prince Engineering has been warning for months that many of its workers’ jobs were at risk if it could not find more wind tower work, and those warnings became reality on Wednesday when 42 staff took redundancy packages. The cuts were across the Portland company, with 16 staff across all divisions accepting voluntary redundancy, […]

SUE Hides from Sale, Gippsland, said she usually travels around the world to hike “from soft bed to soft bed.” Speaking during a lunch break at Mt Richmond on Tuesday Ms Hides said she was delighted to have been able to find a “world class” supported walk a lot closer to home. She is one […]

PORTLAND’S RSL Memorial Bowling Club came close to a fairy tale finish to the Weekend Pennant season on Saturday after winning two out of the three grand finals. Not to be put off by the conditions at Heywood, RSL Memorial’s division one team set out on a mission right from the first bowl put down […]

DESPITE global concerns raised with the safety of the AstraZeneca vaccination, infectious diseases specialist, Joe Sasadeusz said the Federal Government should continue its rollout of the vaccine.