THE South West District Football Netball League’s junior football carnival made its big comeback on Sunday with some of the best the south west region has to offer travelling to the Portland area to take part in the competition.

THE southern bluefin tuna season is shaping up to be the best in a decade.

THE ANZ Bank announced this week that it is closing its Portland branch permanently.

SOME of the biggest names in Australian bowling will descend on Portland Memorial Bowling Club this weekend for the club’s annual triples carnival.

LOCALS will remember how the COVID-19 lockdown played with our mental health. To help boost everyone’s mood, local resident Rosie Collins created a Facebook page called Glenelg Shire Musical Mates, encouraging community members to post videos of themselves singing or playing instruments to help keep people entertained while stuck at home.

TYRENDARRA worked extremely hard throughout the Western Victoria Female Football League encounter on Sunday in the clash against South Warrnambool; however, the class of a well drilled South Warrnambool outfit ran out comfortable winners 9.13 (67) to Tyrendarra 1.1 (7).

PORTLAND Bay School has received $1,136,196 from the Government’s Schools Upgrade Fund to convert the shed into an area for working manual activities and art classes.

JULIA Street needs more ramps for the elderly and people with disabilities, a concerned local says.

PORTLAND’S division one men’s soccer team enjoyed a successful return to action in round one of the South West Victorian Football Association’s 2024 season, as they defeated Port Fairy 3-2.

RARELY seen ‘courtship’ behaviour of three pygmy blue whales has been spotted in Discovery Bay.