POLICE were busy directing traffic at the Mount Baimbridge Road and Coleraine Road roundabout on Tuesday morning following a two-vehicle collision between a ute and another ute and its trailer at about 9.30am which disrupted the flow of traffic.

FATALITIES on rural roads have increased by 32 per cent so far this year, with the number of deaths jumping from 128 in 2022 to 169 this year.

CHRISTMAS winners are grinners following the announcement that The Pet Food Shop Hamilton has claimed first prize in the Southern Grampians Shire Council 2023 Christmas Window Display competition.

LONG time Portland locals Leigh and Barb Allen have said goodbye to their freight business after almost 40 years of serving the local community and beyond.

AFTER many years teaching at All Saints Parish School, Georgia Murrell is retiring.

SOUTHERN Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) has provided an update on the progress of the 2023/2024 Capital Works Program which totals $33,778,312, the largest annual capital program it has undertaken.

LOCAL band The Evergreens helped provide the town with some Christmas cheer last Thursday when they performed for local shoppers outside the Hamilton Performing Arts Centre.

A look back at previous editions of the paper 50 and 25 years ago.

LAST Tuesday was International Volunteer Day (IVD) which is dedicated to celebrating the hardest working volunteers in local communities and there are none more worthy than those from the Country Fire Authority (CFA).

SIX south-west primary schools participated in the Readers Cup late last month, with Australian children’s author, Alison Reynolds, on board to help host and judge the challenge day.