THE tide has turned at the Portland and Heywood State Emergency Services as long-standing controller Charlie Debono has stepped down from his dual role to make room for two new faces. Full story in Friday's Observer

ORGANISERS at the Portland Basketball Association are optimistic about the return of NBL1 team Mount Gambier to Portland’s courts this coming season after a meeting last week.

5000 jabs given in Portland, but 700 on waiting list for Pfzier

MOST people in the district woke to a freezing Friday morning with ice on cars, grass and footbridges in Portland. But one Heywood worker on the way into that town thought snow might have even made an appearance. And while there was plenty of white, it was in fact spiderwebs covered in ice that made […]

HEYWOOD’S search for a finals place in the 2021 South West District Football Netball League continues, after it went down in a 44-point loss to Coleraine at the Heywood Recreation Reserve on Saturday, in round nine. Full round report in Tuesday's Observer.

AFTER a whirlwind handful of days, Portland’s Jamo Ballantyne has made significant strides forward in his bid to become a professional footballer. FULL STORY IN FIRDAY'S OBSERVER

For the first time in more than a year, the students performed in front of their family and friends after coronavirus lockdowns made concerts impossible. MORE PICTURES IN TODAY'S OBSERVER

ANOTHER jewel in the multimillion-dollar foreshore redevelopment crown will soon be underway with a whopping $5m delivered by the State Government on Wednesday.

A $1.5 billion offshore wind farm of up to 62 turbines is being proposed for the Discovery Bay region north-west of Cape Bridgewater. Australis Energy said it is exploring the opportunity west of Portland - as well as separate projects in Western Australia and South Australia - with the goal of having its first offshore […]

ZOOM might in these coronavirus pandemic days be almost exclusively associated with software that enables online meetings, but its original meaning holds truer than ever for the digital version of the South West’s premier collection of historical photographs. The Vern McCallum Collection has finally gone online, the result of three years of hard work, and […]