FIRE is an important risk that forest industries seek to manage efficiently, and a new appointment will not just protect their assets in the south-west region, but may offer better responses to fires threatening farm land and towns as well.

HAMILTON businesses have reported a strong rebound in sales during December as the community buys local this Christmas.

THE Hamilton Pastoral and Agricultural Society (P&A) will receive a $70,000 funding boost from the Federal Government to ease financial pressure after it was forced to cancel its annual Sheepvention event. Wannon MP, Dan Tehan said Sheepvention was one of 378 agricultural shows around the country to receive funding under the $34 million Supporting Agricultural […]

A FRIENDLY and familiar face is always comforting, and there is no face more familiar than Jeff Waldron’s at Nigretta of Hamilton.

WANNON MP, Dan Tehan is the country’s new trade minister after prime minister, Scott Morrison announced a cabinet reshuffle last week.

VICTORIANS returning home from Sydney will have to spend Christmas and New Year in hotel quarantine, after the State Government closed the border in response to the northern beaches COVID-19 outbreak.

MANY Hamilton residents were left without water on Saturday afternoon, after a water main on Ballarat Road burst.

FOR the fourth consecutive year, Champions League Basketball 3X3 (CLB 3X3) returns to Hamilton, locked in for February 27 and 28.

THE Coleraine Football Netball Club announced a new president at its AGM last Tuesday night, Josh Eats stepping into the role.  After three years as president, Ashley Lambert is taking a step back, remaining on the committee in the secretary position. A natural leader, Eats is a name often associated with the Maroons having won […]

THE South West Academy of Sport (SWAS) held its annual awards ceremony on Wednesday night with local athletes Harry Clark and Stella Rogers coming away with awards.