A SCHOOL of just eight students enjoyed a trip which had to be timed perfectly, when the Merino Consolidated School visited the snow slopes at Mount Buller.

THERE won’t be a Rotary Art Show for the second straight year, with organisers this week making the decision to cancel the event due to uncertainties posed by the current COVID-19 situation.

JUST over halfway through the three-week Cobber Challenge, local kelpie Skyblue Jack has been streaking ahead of the field in the competition to decide the hardest working farm dog in Australia and New Zealand.

JOINING the vaccine queue at Western District Health Service (WDHS) on Thursday were a number of teenage Greater Hamilton residents, who were finally able to receive Pfizer doses following the decision to lower the age of availability to those aged 16 years and older.

THE Livestock and Rural Transporters Association of Victoria (LRTAV) has this week expressed its disappointment at inconsistencies in COVID-19 testing requirements for interstate freight workers to premier, Daniel Andrews.

HAMILTON Kangaroos Open netball side has finished another COVID interrupted 2021 season with three wins and nine losses from 12 games, with a number of other competitive losses.

WITH all three senior football leagues having now completed their home and away seasons, the leading goal kickers can officially be crowned.

Following meetings over the past couple weeks, the Hamilton Basketball Association (HBA) has elected Barry Hawker as the new president for the 2021-22 season.

AFTER battling testicular cancer twice, Neil O’Donnell has developed an appreciation for Daffodil Day and is hoping the rest of the community can help in the fight against cancer.

TWO men have been taken to hospital with non-serious injuries after rolling their truck near Macarthur on Tuesday morning.