THE 2023 Spring season for the Portland Basketball Association’s top-level competition got underway on Wednesday evening, with five games of action across the men’s and women’s division.

CANBERRA could be the next stop for a group of locals against the proposed offshore wind farm zone planned for the waters off Portland and Discovery Bays. Federal Member for Wannon Dan Tehan will take the concerns of the more than 100 people who attended a meeting at the Portland Yacht Club on Wednesday afternoon […]

FAWTHROP Lagoon will be getting some attention from volunteers this coming Sunday, for National Tree Planting Day. Local group South West Environmental Education (SWEE) last weekend emerged from an early winter hibernation, to get back into the swing of their revegetation work around the lagoon. Along with replacements for the banksia trees that were removed […]

TWO Portland junior motocross riders have put together exceptional performances at the elite level of the sport over the past couple of months, with one competitor now having a state title to his name.

PORTLAND Football Netball Club’s search for a new senior football coach is over, with former assistant co-coach Lochie Huppatz set to return to the club after spending 2023 interstate.

SOME students spend their school holidays relaing, but one Portland Secondary College (PSC) student spent her holidays at the 43rd Professor Harry Messel International Science School (ISS). Year 11 student Gina Shemeld was one of just 150 secondary students from around the world who were invited to attend the science program founded by science Professor […]

ALL Saints Parish School’s students have enjoyed several weeks of basketball action during their Physical Education classes, with Canadian basketball import Cassandra Brown showcasing the sport to the next generation of athletes.

CAVENDISH has cemented themselves as serious premiership contenders after a win against second-placed Dartmoor on Saturday, 49-43.

WINNING just one medal in an eisteddfod is quite an achievement. Taking out a first, a second and a highly commended is remarkable. But taking home eight firsts on top of that is outstanding. It’s also a lot of medals. Even more extraordinary is achieving all that while battling chronic pain on a daily basis. […]

HIGHER power prices might be bad news for most of us, and they seem to be the key to whether production will get back to normal at the Portland Aluminium smelter. As the smelter continues at a reduced level of production, Alcoa last week released its financial results for the March-June period of this year. […]