GREATER Western Victoria Rebels have announced their under-18 girls’ squad for the 2023 season, with Portland footballer Jenna-May Bristow earning selection after performing strongly at tryouts.

THE battle over Yumbah Aquaculture’s proposed Dutton Way abalone farm has begun, with the fate of the controversial venture resting on what happens in Portland over the next week. Planning Panels Victoria’s Standing Advisory Committee has been meeting in the Drill Hall to consider the revised proposal for a 500-tonne farm, down from the 1000-tonne […]

THE Portland and District Cricket Association’s 2022-23 season is drawing near to its close, with the 15th and final A grade round of the season to take place across the next two weekends.

IT’S almost time again for Glenelg Shire’s largest annual one-day event with Wood, Wine and Roses to take place in Heywood tomorrow. With the festival celebrating its 30th birthday, and in its second year back after a coronavirus-forced hiatus, thousands are expected to flock to the town. Organisers have been busy trying to ensure everything […]

LAST Friday, East Gambier Football Club hosted its inaugural Switch the headspace Match for Mental Health, bringing a collection of both national and local legends to the ground as they sought to raise money and awareness for Australians’ ongoing struggle with mental health.

PORTLAND is on track to lose significantly more money through pokies machines in a financial year than ever before, in spite of the rising cost of living putting pressure on families. In the last six months of 2022, $4,398,561 was lost through the four gambling venues in the city, where all 120 machines in the […]

PORTLAND Touch Association has finally reached the end of yet another successful season, with the division one and two grand finalists for the 2022-23 season decided after four closely-fought semi-finals last Thursday night.

PORTLAND’S Heidi Jones is a Portland sportswoman through and through, having been involved in sports such as basketball and netball from a young age right through to the present day.

ARRESTED livestock carrier the Yangtze Fortune, now a part of the furniture in the Portland Bay anchorage, has been sold for the sum of US$8.5, though who will get their hands on a share of the cash remains unclear. The legal proceedings brought by what is now seven parties claiming debts owed by the Liberian […]

IT just keeps getting bigger and better. That’s the only conclusion to be drawn after the eighth annual Classics by the Bay show ‘n’ shine was run on the Portland foreshore on Saturday. Portland Bay Classic Vehicles president Craig Dennert said an estimated 4000-4500 people, the largest attendance the event has had, enjoyed almost perfect […]