THE Country Fire Authority (CFA) August 2022 Volunteer Forum was held at the Hamilton Airbase on Wednesday night, with people attending both in person and online to ask questions.

STUDENTS and staff at Sacred Heart and Casterton Primary Schools took on new personas last week to celebrate Book Week activities. Spider-Man swung by, Hermione Granger and Luna Lovegood took a break from their Hogwarts studies to join in the fun, a young cowboy showed off his whip-cracking skills and a Creeper from the world […]

FOLLOWING the redundancy of 39 Southern Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) employees in June this year, when the Western District Health Service (WDHS) was appointed to take over Council’s aged and disability services, WDHS is now supporting over 30 new staff and 370 customers as the transition continues, with a range of jobs on offer for qualified staff.

THE Hawkesdale anti wind farm group “People of the Small Town of Hawkesdale” (the Applicant or ‘Association’) has sought leave to appeal the case they recently lost in the Supreme Court of Victoria, to be heard in the High Court of Australia.

PREPARATIONS are humming along but volunteers are still needed as the P&A Society aims to have everything locked in next week for November’s Casterton Show.

RELOCATION rates of city dwellers to the Southern Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) has halved for the three months to June 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, according to an updated Regional Movers Index report.

SOUTHERN Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) Family Day Care offers an approved form of education and care, provided in the family day care educator’s own home.

MUNTHAM’S Hill’s notorious Glenelg Highway road surface is once again under fierce scrutiny as the fight for more State Government spending on rural roads heats up.

ATTENDEES at the inaugural Dunkeld Writers Festival were treated to an array of professional writers from a breadth of vocations who willingly shared their philosophical and qualified insights into all life matters last weekend.

WINTER has gone out with a flash, a crash and a downpour foreshadowing what may be to come with spring just around the corner.