FIVE days out from the 58th Hamilton Eisteddfod, the organising committee is ready to welcome an influx of competitors, their families, and followers to the Greater Hamilton region.

LOCAL primary school students and the Casterton Rotary Club have stood in solidarity with Ukraine, as the onslaught by Russia rages on, half a world away.

THE Southern Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) has invited new residents across the area to attend the New Resident’s Function on Monday, June 20.

LIVE viewing of platypus in their natural habitat at Hamilton’s Grange Burn is now possible following the official launch of a new online livestream camera - the Platycam.

RURAL doctors continue to support their patients to quit smoking, but smoking rates are still climbing between metro, rural and remote populations.

UNIVERSITY of the Third Age (U3A) is an international movement that started in France in 1973, and first came to Melbourne in 1984 and Hamilton in June 1998.

COUNTING of the two-candidate preferred (TCP) ballot papers by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has continued for the seat of Wannon, following the Federal Election on May 21, 2022.

LAKE Wongan State Game Reserve near Streatham in western Victoria will reopen for duck hunting today.

HAMILTON was shivering this morning with the temperature at 4.2 degrees at 9am, with one weather source reporting a maximum today to get to only seven degrees.

WINTER has arrived before autumn officially ends today, as an Antarctic blast of cold weather sets into the south-west for the week.