TRIBUTES continue to flow in memory of Her Majesty, The Queen Elizabeth II, following her passing last Thursday at her Balmoral residence in Scotland, aged 96.

APPROXIMATELY 94,000 people who utilise the services through the Greater Hamilton Library annually will benefit from an injection of $176,636 granted to the Southern Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) to expand book collections, boost online services and other library programs.

LOCAL Country Fire Authority (CFA) staff members and volunteer firefighters have been awarded National Emergency Medals for their efforts during the 2019-20 Australian bushfire crisis.

THE highly anticipated Business of the Year award was taken out by The Hamilton Hamper on Friday night at the Southern Grampians Shire Council 2022 Business Awards presentation.

WOMEN, girls, and female identifying people across the country were asked to put their health first this week in honour of Jean Hailes Women’s Health Week.

SOUTH West TAFE students studying Certificate III in Commercial Cookery and Certificate III in Barbering have combined to raise $2000 for the MRI for U&I Appeal at Sheepvention.

THE local Masonic Order of the Freemasons Foundation, the Grange Lodge, have contributed a generous donation of $10,680 for the MRI for U&I Appeal at the Hamilton Base Hospital.

SOUTHERN Grampians Livestock and Real Estate said it remained positive about the local property market despite the decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Board on Tuesday to increase the cash rate target by 50 basis points.

A selection of yarns from the late Gordon Lewis.

AS Australians woke up to the news on Friday morning that Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II had passed away at her home in Balmoral, Scotland, locals who had the opportunity to be in Her Majesty’s presence began sharing their memories of the longest-serving monarch in British history.