LOCAL charity Beats Cycle for Hope has bulked up the Portland District Hospital’s (PDH) ‘wig library’ for cancer patients. The nine new wigs, as well as other supplies for the library were paid for by donations from All Saints Outreach, the Uniting Church op shop, and a fundraising campaign from a group of Portland businesses […]

THE $500 Greater Hamilton dollars campaign is in full swing with the first of four winners announced yesterday morning at Taylor Toyota Hamilton.

HAMILTON North Primary School Year 6 students from 2021 have given back to the local community through donating an outstanding $1200 to the Western District Health Service MRI for U&I Appeal.

PLANS to catch up for Audrey Bell’s 90th birthday were thwarted last year due to COVID-19 lockdowns, however this year, former neighbour Graham Freeman was able to make the trip from Warrnambool for her 91st.

TRAVEL is a wonderful privilege that certainly brings perspective to so many things.

THE reality of higher power bills continued to bite the budgets of western Victorians amid the ongoing uncertainty of power supply while ongoing market pressures play out.

ONE person's trash is often another's treasure and the young children of  Penola have certainly got to be grateful for Portland's crayfishers. As well as for Merry Abbey, the Cashmore artist who has brought the two together with four eyecatching rope play huts. The huts have been a painstaking labour to finish – the first […]

WESTERN District Health Service (WDHS) aged care facility, The Birches has been re-accredited for a further three years, following an unannounced site visit by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission in early May.

WITH people across the Southern Grampians Shire turning to gas heating, wood fires, and electric blankets to beat the winter chill, the Country Fire Authority (CFA) have urged locals to remain fire safe.

PLAYING the ukulele has a bit of a tradition in Portland and the Council for Encouragement of Music and the Arts wants to keep that alive. CEMA president Jan Colliver said the organisation discovered that there were a few ukulele players in Portland who would like to get together and play socially with other enthusiasts. […]