NINE local athletes will be showcasing their skills this week in Ballarat at the annual Basketball Victoria Gold Nugget camp, where the best 240 Under-14 players from across the state all converge on the gold mining town hoping to be ‘found’.

THE Hamilton Heritage Festival (HHF) is hosting its 40th anniversary with a display of memorabilia in a Hamilton Hub shop on Saturday and Sunday October 5 and 6, between 10am-4pm.

A 56-YEAR-OLD Hamilton woman was caught with a blood alcohol concentration of nearly five times the limit over the weekend.

WARRNAMBOOL trainer, Symon Wilde, added another country cup to his bulging resume, courtesy of a narrow win by Spare Coin in Friday’s $50,000 Coleraine Cup.

WIDE open to the possibility of abuse, the Federal Government’s newly revised communications and misinformation Bill is again being opposed by the Coalition including Wannon MP, Dan Tehan who said it was an attack on free speech.

FOR most across the Western Districts, the outcome of season 2024 sits on a knife edge.

AS temperatures rise, snakes are emerging from a period of reduced activity during winter seeking food and mates.

THE reduced pasture heights for much of Victoria are increasing the susceptibility of sheep (and cattle) to internal parasites.

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

WOOL growers across Australia can now vote in WoolPoll24 and have their say about the future of Australia’s wool industry – voting opened last week and closes Friday, November 1.