THE Narrawong Mechanics Hall will once again be the venue for a day of live music, good food, and family summer vibes, with the return of the Summer Gathering Saturday, January 6.

SOUTHERN 500 Speedway is hosting one of its biggest events for the season tonight with Modlites Victoria hitting the track along with Formula 500s for speedweek.

IN response to popular demand, TOMRA Cleanaway has increased services to the Woolworths reverse vending machine.

TARGET shooting may not be the most popular or well-funded sport going around, but if you ask local enthusiasts there’s no place they’d rather spend time than their local range.  

OVER the past financial year, Portland District Health (PDH) has benefitted from over 6500 hours of volunteer work, delivering meals, transporting patients and generally keeping the hospital ticking over.

AFTER multiple Western Victoria Female Football League best and fairests (including one with Portland in 2022), a broken leg and thousands of kilometres of travel, Penshurst’s Jess Rentsch is set for the big time after the midfielder was drafted by the West Coast Eagles with pick two in Monday night’s AFLW Draft.

IT’S been 28 fantastic years but Daryl Petch is finally throwing in the towel. From January 30, 2024, there will be a new bus driver at the wheel of Portland’s arguably most recognisable mode of school transportation: the Banana Bus.

UP and coming local footballer Chad Finck is ready to take his game to the next level, as the 16-year-old has recently been selected to Greater Western Victoria Rebels’ under-18 squad for the 2024 season.  

THE Heywood and District Secondary College (HDSC) was shocked and delighted to discover they had won the title of best edible garden in the Victoria.

SATURDAY’S Portland Swimming Club meet, the first hosted in town since 2019, was a homecoming of sorts for one former resident, but one which meant even more than that.