THE Narrawong Mechanics Hall was alive with the local community, kids and adults of all ages enjoying a warm meal and some fine music on Saturday night, in a scene reminiscent of the glory days of country town halls. Central to the revival was Narrawong local Justin Carter, who organised the ‘Winter Gathering’ event with […]

WESTERNS Football Club received a boost to their senior team’s stocks over the past month, with Kingston Narborlhborlh and Luke Nagurrgurrba travelling from the Northern Territory to play in three games with the team.

COLERAINE took it to South West District Netball League ladder leaders Tyrendarra on Saturday despite going down by 10 goals in round 10 of the A grade competition.

THREE year 10 students from Bayview College spent their week at Keppel Prince Engineering, experiencing what it’s like to be in the workforce. The students, Nick Peters, Jake Morton and Emre Rulton, chose to complete their work experience at Keppel Prince Engineering, taking part in a variety of electrical jobs and activities surrounding the business, […]

ROUND 10 of the South West District Football League’s 2023 season was played on Saturday, with two top flight contenders taking the chance to stamp their authority on the season to this point.

THE likely outcome for someone having a stroke in the Portland area will soon improve dramatically, when a new fast response service will be introduced into the district. Currently when paramedics are called out to a suspected stroke, they typically bypass Portland District Health (PDH) entirely for either Warrnambool or Hamilton, which both have the […]

AGOSTINA Hawkins, Glenelg Shire Council’s collections manager, has a big job ahead of her. She and her team are around six months into the mammoth task of sorting through the entire 10,000 piece cultural collection at council – logging every item, describing it, and adding it to a new collection database system. Ms Hawkins is […]

PORTLAND had some moments of impressive court play during their Open Hampden Netball League clash against Koroit on Saturday, it was small stints of a drop in focus that led to their 58-29 loss.

FORMER Portland footballer Jess Rentsch is playing the best footy of her career after coming back from a broken leg she suffered last season, and as a result the 17-year-old was presented with her Australian Academy jumper on Sunday before her first game representing the AFLW Academy.

THE rising cost of living is being felt severely in the district, with some people losing stable housing and having to forgo meals to stretch their budget. Support workers who see the hardest hit every day say they are regularly hearing stories of people only eating one or two meals a day, being evicted from […]