YOUNG Portland footballer Chad Finck has continued his rise through the ranks of country football, being selected to Greater Western Victoria Rebels’ under-16 squad for the upcoming football season.

IT has been about 40 years since cars and other vehicles were offloaded at the Port of Portland, but all that might be about to change thanks to a critical issue at the Port of Melbourne. Both vehicle importers and shipping agents are facing a three-month wait to unload vehicles at the city port, with […]

SEVEN Portland Little Athletics centre athletes are qualified to compete in the Little Athletics Victoria State Track and Field Championships in Melbourne tomorrow and Sunday.

FOR two Portland dog owners, the worst happened on Saturday – in separate incidents their pets were bitten by a snake and when they called the local vet clinic they were told there was no-one on call. The Heywood clinic was similarly unattended, so both owners were told that they needed to drive about an […]

PORTLAND’S Jake and Peter Stevenson will be in action at the 2023 ARB Australian Off Road Racing Championship this weekend, with round one of the series set to take place in Rainbow.

IN May 2023, the Portland Field Naturalists’ Club (PFNC) will be just two years shy of 80. Established in May 1945 out of concern for the future of the region’s forests, the cost of membership was fixed at two shillings. The first president was Hugh Keiller. After some serious discussion among the all-male group, ‘ladies’ […]

THE sun might still be shining (occasionally) and the grounds aren’t damp (yet) but footy season is just around the corner.

THE Surry District Tennis Association hit their finals campaigns on the weekend with A grade side Tyrendarra stamping their authority on Saturday against Lawn Purple.

TOM Keller has many and varied interests, and it’s no surprise he’s showing those off in his art – in, literally, a large way. The Portland West resident has been busy at the Julia Street Creative Space for some time, working on many creations with his NDIS support worker and fellow artist Rory Carter. Mr […]

ALL the talk is over and now Yumbah Aquaculture and those opposed to its proposed Dutton Way abalone farm can only sit and wait for the state government to make a decision. Planning Panels Victoria’s Standing Advisory Committee ended its nine days of hearings at the Portland Golf Club on Friday (the first eight days […]