EVERY morning Jo Amott drives to work she passes the school bus on its way to Hamilton and with a wave to the driver and the momentary turbulence of its wake, is somberly reminded of the departure of some students from her school in Balmoral.

THE tourism industry has faced its toughest challenge across the past 18 months and now the Australian Tourism Industry Council (ATIC) is calling for the government’s support.

THREE clubs will go into the new Hamilton and District Cricket Association (HDCA) season with new presidents in what shapes as a changing of the guard for many of the clubs.

WITH community sport resuming this weekend, the day-by-day nature of how to attack a weekly routine and prepare for games has been non-existent with players forced to adapt to the on-again-off-again routine COVID-19 has created.

AS community sport gets another chance to resume once again, leagues and associations have plotted yet another pathway forward.

THE Gunditjmara Keeping Place at the Lake Condah Mission, completed in August last year, last week claimed three separate prestigious awards from two major industry bodies.

THE Hamilton Eisteddfod will now host a two-day piano and strings competition on August 30-31, immediately following the rescheduled dance event on August 28-29, as a result of Victoria’s evolving COVID-19 situation.

PEOPLE aged between 18 and 39 are now able to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine at one of nine designated clinics across the state.

THE Friends of Hamilton Gallery has criticised Southern Grampians Shire in an open letter for its proposal to possibly backtrack from building a new art gallery in Hamilton and instead extend the current gallery.

THE Hamilton Harness Racing Club track was lightning quick on Thursday during the club’s eight-race program under very wet conditions.