AS cowboys and bull riders would typically be preparing for the Branxholme Rodeo, the recreation reserve is empty and there is not a flannelette shirt or cowboy hat in sight.

AFL Victoria’s new return to play guidelines has shed some light on the parameters that are likely to be in place for the start of the 2021 season. Despite new cases in Melbourne, the new guidelines were released last Friday and outline crowd caps, canteen requirements and changeroom use policies for the foreseeable future. All […]

TO complete the abandoned Far Western Bowls Division (FWBD) games of division one caused by rain the previous week, Hamilton and Casterton played five ends and Coleraine played Balmoral in six ends.

HEYWOOD Pony Club’s second annual Stockman’s Challenge was a resounding success on the weekend, with more than double the entrants from last year’s competition.

THE sixth annual Penshurst Art and Photography Exhibition is fast approaching with local artists encouraged to enter their work and in the running for great prizes.

AROUND 70 people attended a community meeting on Tuesday night regarding the Ryan Corner Wind Farm.

BALMORAL is set to lose its NAB branch as the bank announced its planned closure in just over two months.

FAMILY fun is coming to Hamilton with a carnival at the showgrounds this weekend.

LOCAL cyclists tested their skills at the Australian Cycling Road National Championships (ACNC) at Ballarat on the weekend with mixed success.

A HOTEL quarantine worker has tested positive to COVID-19 in Melbourne just days after another quarantine worker inside the Grand Hyatt Hotel contracted the UK strain of the virus.