FORMER local, Tom Feely, got a taste of AFL action last weekend when he took part in the combined AFL/VFL practice match between Geelong and Richmond.

PORTLAND and the dahlia go together like hand and glove, and it is almost time for the city to again show off the glorious tubers. The Portland Dahlia Society will host the annual Portland Dahlia and Rose Show on March 12 and 13, Australia’s largest show of its kind. This year the venue has had […]

A HAMILTON man who killed a 48-year-old man after driving over him nearly two years ago, was sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment on Thursday.

VIC SRC runs the Teach the Teacher program in schools across Victoria.

FAROES is a household name in the district and Casterton Newsagent and Lotto’s new faces are carrying on the home-grown services and offering the huge range of products, delivered by the Faroe family.

THE FOUR-month Autumn firewood collection season for 2022 began across Victoria yesterday, with several changes to access to State forests in Central Victoria.

PLANS are underway for the return of the Casterton Kelpie Festival and Australian Working Dog Auction on the long weekend in June.

AFTER a brief dry spell, the heavens opened with a vengeance across the South West on Sunday, with rainfall of up to 57 millimetres in just a few hours, recorded at locations around the South West and causing damage to buildings.

SUSPECTED Blue Green Algae Bloom samples were collected from Lake Hamilton on Wednesday and the Southern Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) has advised that members of the public should avoid physical contact with the water.

THE crisis that has shrouded Portland District Health has exploded out into the open, with chief executive Christine Giles, former chairman Andrew Levings and the Health Department in a war of words over what has happened at the health service. Ms Giles has spoken publicly for the first time on the circumstances that led her […]