THE Fire Danger Period for the Southern Grampians Shire has been announced this week, coming into force at 1am on Monday, November 20.

RIGHT across the country millions of Australians and businesses were impacted by the Optus outage on Wednesday including in Hamilton, affecting both broadband and mobile connectivity.

ARGYLE Shop 2 is set to close in December 2023 due to a reduced number of volunteers available as well as the cost of rent.

A GROUP of keen shoppers gathered outside the Salvation Army Thrift Shop doors at 1.30pm Friday, waiting for it to open for the first time in six weeks. Now located at 56 Percy Street, Salvation Army volunteers have been packing, moving and unpacking for weeks, getting ready to open the new shop doors. Salvation Army […]

BRANXHOLME-WALLACEDALE Community School has welcomed Warrnambool visual artist, Jimmi Buscombe, to their school at the start of Term 4 this year, after inquiring about him in August.

KEVIN Buck (left) has been appointed to the position of Hamilton Lions president. He is pictured here presenting a Coles Gift Card to raffle winner, Wendy Collins. Photo: SUPPLIED.

THE new Hamilton Rockfest date has been announced for November 30, 2024 after it was postponed in October due to circumstances beyond the committee’s control.

SOUTHERN Grampians Shire Council will present the draft Small Towns Strategy - with a focus on future services and infrastructure - to each of the shire’s small towns over coming weeks.

THE homicide case of an elderly female resident in Western District Health Service’s aged care facility, The Birches, has been dropped.

THE Friends of the Great South West Walk are this week celebrating four decades of the magnificent 260km circuit through the south-west landscape. President Jen Johns said it is a very special occasion for the community group, and particularly founding member Bill Golding, now in his 80s, who did much of the work to make […]